What is SD-WAN? (Software-Defined Wide Area Network)

Netskope One SASE Branch
Netskope’s Next Gen SASE Branch is a comprehensive solution that modernizes branch office infrastructure by integrating networking and security functions into a unified, cloud-delivered platform. This approach replaces traditional, complex branch architectures with a streamlined system that enhances performance, security, and manageability. Key components include the Netskope SASE Gateway, which combines SD-WAN and security capabilities; a context-aware SASE fabric for intelligent traffic management; zero trust-based security measures; and a SkopeAI-powered cloud orchestrator for simplified management.

By converging these technologies, the Next Gen SASE Branch addresses the challenges of legacy branch solutions that struggle with cloud application demands and the proliferation of IoT devices. It offers optimized global WAN connectivity, seamless integration of security services like Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and advanced device intelligence for traffic engineering. This unified approach reduces costs, simplifies operations, and ensures exceptional user experiences across all branch and remote locations.

Endpoint SD-WAN
Netskope Endpoint SD-WAN leverages the industry’s first software-based unified SASE client to deliver granular and dynamic network performance, visibility, and security capabilities. Using a unified platform, enterprise IT departments can manage branch offices and individual remote users using a uniform zero trust and network performance policy across the entire corporate infrastructure. Imagine an energy company, with hundreds of fleet trucks that have an access point, a switch, a router and a wireless device- and most of these devices have to be ruggedized to withstand harsh environments. On top of all these, customers need SD-WAN to consume applications at any location from any location.

Micro Branch
Netskope Micro Branch is a secure access service edge (SASE) solution optimized for micro branches with limited on-site infrastructure. It converges SD-WAN capabilities with cloud-delivered security services like SWG, CASB, and ZTNA. Micro Branch simplifies secure remote access by combining key SASE services and delivering them through the cloud. It removes network and security complexity for micro branches.

Wireless WAN
To be able to work anywhere, at any time in a many-to-many world, we need more on the wireless front than what SD-WAN has provided. What’s required is fast and reliable connectivity in every location, whether it’s in a field vehicle always on the move or a stationary, enterprise access point on a wall that provides a strong signal inside your IT closets. Netskope One SD-WAN as a Wireless WAN device that is ruggedized, compact form factor, C1D2 rated, and is suited for hazardous and harsh environments. The Netskope cellular gateway can be mounted on the rooftop and powered by POE cable, and provides the strong signal strength to the Netskope One SD-WAN gateway in the closet. This helps organizations manage all devices from a single console vs deploying multiple vendors and consoles saving costs and also overcoming the limitations of external antennas that lose signal strength as a function of the distance and becomes almost unusable if the distance between the close router and the roof top is too long. Legacy SD-WAN cannot do this. Borderless SD-WAN can.

Multi-Cloud Networking
With a Netskope One SD-WAN network, not only can multi-cloud networking occur from a single unified console, where Netskope One SD-WAN’s light weight software can be easily instantiated across all of the clouds. Automated cloud operations from this single unified console allows these Netskope One SD-WAN software instances to interoperate and exchange routes with major cloud providers like AWS Transit Gateway, Azure Virtual Router, and GCP Cloud Router. With one-click access to Netskope’s intelligent SSE (security service edge), companies also have integrated full stack security to protect from all cyber attacks.

IoT intelligent Access
Netskope SASE gateway supports zero-touch provisioning, with integrated edge compute, brings compute closer to the data source. It can collect and unlock and extract data from IoT sensors devices and deliver only the data that exceeds certain thresholds to the IoT cloud using 4G/LTE wireless or other transport connections of choice. of your choice. With scalable application life-cycle management (ALM), customers can run their own application or out-of-the-box container services like Azure IoT edge runtime, or run other services from a catalog of services provided by Netskope much like Application Store for mobile devices.