What SASE means in network architecture?
Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that combines a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) with network security services such as Cloud Access Security Broker (CSAB), Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) and Zero Trust model to create a single cloud-native security service. A term coined by Gartner in its August 2019 report, “The future of network security is in the cloud”, SASE offers considerable benefits to enterprises:
- ensure secure access for all users, workloads, devices or applications regardless of their physical location
- ensure consistent security from threat prevention to next generation firewalls at every network edge
- implement zero-trust network access to gain full visibility of current network users
- integrate networking and security features into a single solution managed from a single pane of glass
