SASE - What is it?

netQ has undertaken our own independent research and created a simplified breakdown of how we explain SASE, and the associated benefits of this.

SD-WAN

Link Management, Traffic routing and QoS, Voice and latency-sensitive traffic, optimised path engineering to Public SaaS.

Network Security

Traffic encryption, Threat prevention and detection, Network Firewall (FWaaS), Anti-Malware, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Deep packet inspection,

Supports All Edges

Datacenters, branches, public cloud, roaming users, and mobile clients.

SASE
Network & Security
Converged

Cloud Security

DNS Filtering, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), URL Filtering,Cloud Access Secure Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Data Loss Protection (DLP).

Cloud-Native Monitoring

Single dashboard for all edges and centralised security policy management, optimised co-location public SaaS.

Identity Driven

User and resource identification, Identity access policy & control, risk-driven security controls.

There are great benefits with SASE:

Improved connectivity reliability and redundancy between New Zealand, Australia and Global Sites.
Reduced operational cost associated with expensive managed global MPLS circuits.
Improved visibility and accessibility¹ in management for operations monitoring and troubleshooting.
Reduced security fragmentation¹ by removing different security vendor toolsets.

¹ Subject to vendor solution.

Reduced latency and bandwidth constraints using L3/L4 or L7 Application-driven policy.
Built-in enterprise security capabilities (encryption, secure web, CASB, DNS, Mobile VPN, SOC).
Hybrid workforce enablement to connect securely from any location and any endpoint, locally or globally.
Aggregated managed service for both connectivity and security services offering.

netQ works with a number of vendors who provide SASE solutions. netQ has the expertise, experience and capability to provide guidance and support to your business to create a SASE roadmap and solution that best meets your business requirements. Contact us now to have a chat about how we could help you.

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