This is a series of articles focused on SASE. This is the second in a series of two posts.
In part one of this series, we discussed ways businesses are digitally transforming; introduced the SASE model as a new term defining convergence of network and security capabilities; the reasoning behind SASE; and what SASE means to all organizations. In this post, we’ll be covering Network Security as a Service, as well as redefining the traditional “hub-and-spoke” model through a SASE lens.
Network and Security as a Service
Properly implementing a SASE model has the potential to leapfrog network and security services ahead of business anticipation for specific solutions. Instead of being an obstacle to success, these services would help better enable businesses. The objective here is to build both network and security as a service. Yes, this is transformative in nature and requires a new mindset, but as an industry, we rarely embrace drastic changes and would rather stick with what we have done before. Even so, the value these services pose to organizations can be priceless.
While there are many capabilities that could follow the SASE model, let’s focus on just a few for now, as the pattern applies to any capable service that can be bundled into this business model.
In my experience, the main focus for networking teams is on SD-WAN, WAN optimization, bandwidth aggregation trying to address application performance, latency, and bandwidth. On the other hand, security teams desire to drastically decrease organizational risk exposure by innovating a n