Over the past several years, organizations have been engaged in expanding their multi-edge networking strategies to not only enable new work-from-anywhere (WFA) realities but also support workers as they become increasingly dependent on cloud applications and environments to do their jobs. However, as these networks grow to meet new business demands, the attack surface increases.[1]
The result is a growing gap between network functionality and security coverage that not only inherently exposes organizations to more points of compromise but also degrades the user experience of those remote workers that still rely on the conventional, virtual private network (VPN)-only solutions to access the network. This is usually because all their application traffic still needs to be backhauled through the network to receive security protections and access controls.
Secure access service edge (SASE) solutions have been developed to address these issues, enabling organizations to rapidly converge and scale out their security and networking strategies. With SASE, they can securely deliver an expanding and dynamic set of new network edges as well as meet the new demands of a hybrid workforce—distributed between on and off network users.
Supporting this new distributed and performance-heavy strategy is now fundamental to succeeding in today’s digital marketplace. Selecting the right SASE vendor to partner with can mean the difference between operational success and struggling to keep all the essential elements working together. In theory, SASE provides secure access to the cloud for users anywhere. However, not all SASE solutions are equal in terms of scalability, security, and orchestration. The best SASE solution should not increase overhead, both in terms of the technologies that need to be implemented and the IT staff needed to get them to work as an integrated system.
Link to the full Fortinet Report: essential-sase-must-haves.pdf
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