Essential SASE Must-haves​

Over the past several years, organizations have been expanding their multi-edge networking strategies to enable new hybrid work realities and support work-from-anywhere (WFA) users 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. Secure access service edge (SASE) solutions have been developed to address these issues, enabling organizations to rapidly converge and scale their security and networking strategies. Supporting this new distributed and performance-heavy strategy is now fundamental to succeeding in today’s digital marketplace. Selecting the right SASE vendor can mean the difference between operational success and struggling to keep all the essential elements working together. In theory, SASE provides WFA users with secure access to the cloud no matter where they are. However, not all SASE solutions are equal when it comes to scalability, security, and orchestration. The best SASE solution won’t increase overhead by adding the technologies that need to be implemented and the IT staff required to get them to work as an integrated system.