Buyer’s Guide - Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) And Secure Service Edge (SSE)

 

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) rolls networking and security into a cloud service, making it easier for enterprises to provide simple, secure access to corporate resources. Many vendors offer SASE services, but what they actually provide and how they provide it varies widely.

A recent Gartner survey of CISOs revealed that “a majority of buyers are planning for a two-vendor strategy for SASE,” with security and networking teams making separate buying decisions rather than opting for single-vendor SASE. In response to these realities, Gartner coined a new term, secure service edge (SSE), which is essentially SASE minus SDWAN (Software Define Wide Area Network), the network access part of the equation.

SASE And SSE Buyer's Guide

IN THIS BUYER’S GUIDE YOU'LL FIND...

* Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE) explained

* What to look for in SSE and SASE

* Leading vendors for SSE

* Leading vendors for SASE

* Full-stack SASE providers

* Partial-stack SASE vendors

* What to ask before buying SSE and SASE

* 10 questions to ask prospective SSE vendors

* 10 questions to ask prospective SASE vendors

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What Are The Features And Benefits Of SDWAN?

 Modern businesses seek flexible, scalable, agile, secure, and affordable network solutions to integrate branch offices and remote workplaces seamlessly.

Large enterprises encountering network issues with wide area networks are moving towards Software Defined Wide Area Networks to overcome the bottlenecks and deliver high performance. Managing large networks with multiple users, devices, and applications is no child’s play.

SD-WAN empowers enterprises to manage networks efficiently with centralized monitoring and management to simplify network administration across locations.

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What Is SDWAN...It's Purpose And Benefits?

This video explains what SDWAN is, its purpose and benefits, key features of SD-WAN, and tips on choosing the right SD-WAN vendor.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:22 What is SD-WAN?

01:16 The purpose of SD-WAN: Why do we need it?

02:27 Benefits and Advantages of SD-WAN

03:57 Key features of SD-WAN

06:05 How to choose the right SD-WAN vendor?

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What Is SDWAN And What Can It Do For YOUR Company? (VIDEO)

The short YouTube video above explains the nuts-and-bolts of SD-WAN technology and why it can be a useful tool for your business.

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SDWAN Is The Network Solution Every IT Decision Maker Is Looking For....Here's How And Why

 

SDWAN (software-defined wide area networks) has been a very hot topic in CIO and CTO conversations lately, and here’s why: While SDWAN may have sounded like a costly and inaccessible alternative to traditional MPLS network connectivity just a few years ago, IT executives are quickly recognizing the productivity, scalability, and security benefits of next-gen WAN solutions to support remote workers and multi-location operations in today’s post-pandemic world.

IT decision makers are supporting their digital transformation needs with a complete SDWAN plan that also protects their business from growing cyber threats. SDWAN layered with SASE and ZTNA is a powerful differentiator for companies looking to address both network connectivity and management strategies as well as cybersecurity requirements all with one solution.

SDWAN can intelligently route traffic around congestion based on the type of content being transferred, the endpoint, the time of day, the application’s security needs, latency sensitivity, or bandwidth costs. IT teams can manage potentially thousands of network switches from a centralized controller over the internet, cloud topologies, and more. This gives them the ability to scale the network as needed, optimize performance, and make more efficient use of resources.

Secure access service edge (SASE, pronounced “sassy”) is a framework for network architecture that brings cloud native security technologies together with SDWAN capabilities to securely connect users, systems, and endpoints to applications and services anywhere. SDWAN + SASE allows IT teams to bring critical security implementations to the remotest edge of their network to address the changing needs of a remote workforce. It also ensures cloud-destined traffic isn’t backhauled to the on-premises data center but transits seamlessly from the user to the cloud without delay or performance impact.

But wait, there’s more! No secure network would be complete without the additional layer of zero trust network access (ZTNA). ZTNA is based on a Zero Trust security framework requiring all users, whether in or outside the organization’s network, to be authenticated, authorized, and validated before being granted access to any company data or devices. So, users only have access to what they need, and everything else is locked down (kind of like how a key card works in a hotel elevator), resulting in better compliance and threat mitigation.

One of the big advantages of a complete SDWAN solution is that it can be acquired as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) with little up-front spend. Once adopted, cost savings continue through improved network utilization and productivity. Plus, consider the burden that SDWAN removes from time-strapped engineers because it automates the complexity of managing highly dynamic cloud and remote office environments.

With the shift to the remote and hybrid workforce, and the requirements of supporting multi-location environments, the opportunity to introduce the productivity and cost-savings benefits of a secure, complete SDWAN package (SDWAN with critical security layers like SASE and ZTNA) to your company has never been better.

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Networking....It's All About The Business Case

 

Deciding on the type of network technology and typology has always been important but, in today’s connected world, it’s become business-critical.

The choice between SDWAN and MPLS is not a simple technology discussion − the needs of the business must be properly understood to make the right decision.

Networking....It's All About The Business Case

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What Is SDWAN And Why Should You Care? (VIDEO)

 SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) is a more automated and pre-defined approach to managing the WAN (wide area network), thereby massively reducing man-hours spent on configuring the perfect business network that spans large areas internally or externally on a large geographical scale. We will go into a lot more detail about what SD-WAN is and how it can benefit you and your business, but first we can discuss the highlights, Reliability, Affordability and overall suitability of SD-WAN. Key advantages include:

- Reducing costs with transport independence across MPLS, 4G/5G LTE, and other connection types.

- Improving application performance and increasing agility.

- Optimizing user experience and efficiency for software-as-a-service (SaaS) and public cloud applications.

- Simplifying operations with automation and cloud-based management.

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Five SD-WAN Use Cases For Migrating To A Cloud-Ready WAN (VIDEO)

Migrating to a cloud-ready WAN is one of the top reasons for adopting SD-WAN. However, there a number of challenges making the transition difficult. In this #CiscoChat you will hear from experts on how to navigate the different SD-WAN use cases.

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What Is SDWAN...Parts 1 & 2 - VIDEOS

This video is Part I of a clear and easy to understand explanation for IT management professionals of just what SDWAN (Software Defined Wide Area Network) is ....and why we need it. "Part 1 -What's Wrong With WAN?"

This video is Part 2 of an explanation for IT management professionals of just what SDWAN (Software Defined Wide Area Network) is ....and why we need it. "Part 2 - Cisco SDWAN High Level Architecture"

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SDWAN Architecture And Components - VIDEO

 This video provides an excellent and easy to understand explanation for IT management professionals of SDWAN (Software Defined Wide Area Network) technology, including architecture and components....what it is, how it works, and what it does for your network architecture.

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App-Defined SD-WAN...Simple....Secure....Powerful

The Revolutionary Approach to WAN

CloudGenix was founded by a group of seasoned innovators with extensive careers building some of the most widely used networking products ever made. Their mission is to provide the world with the ability to build and manage their WAN the way it should have been done in the first place. The old way of doing WAN involved customers who had data centers where the applications lived; this meant agents were selling these customers connectivity along with routers. What you find now is that the number of people who use conventional PCs is declining. If applications are moving to the cloud, why should we use the same old way of connecting users and remote offices to where the application lives? CloudGenix AppFabric gives you the freedom to incorporate any type of WAN into your branch office, including MPLS, broadband, internet, and cellular, allowing you to make connectivity decisions based on the price and performance demanded by each branch office and each application.

AppFabric is build using top-down policies that map applications, sites, and WAN links to requirements for performance, security, and compliance. When it comes to CloudGenix, there is no need for complicated routing protocols or lengthy router configs. CloudGenix makes everything very simple for its customers so that they can focus on the business priority.

How does CloudGenix differentiate? CloudGenix is completely agnostic, not just to the transport but to the carrier as well. Most carriers will monitor circuit latency and circuit loss in circuit jitter; they will look at WAN network metrics and will base the best path on this. CloudGenix also does this, but the big difference is that they are also looking at all the application stats, round-trip time for the application sessions, and server response time. CloudGenix has changed the unit of operation from packets to sessions, and from networking to applications. They are application-defined, not only can they tell you what the customer is using, they can tell you how the application is behaving and why a certain app should pick a specific path.

So, why CloudGenix?

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Why Do Businesses Need SD-WAN?

After watching this video you'll have a much better understanding for what SD-WAN (software defined wide area network) can do for your company's network ecosystem.  For free assistance in designing a SD-WAN network for your organization simply ask at the following link....it's as easy as 1, 2, 3.

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Watch This SDWAN Video Demo To Learn How SDWAN Can Benefit YOUR Business

Ever wonder how SD-WAN works? See in real-time what happens when you pull the plug on your internet and have SD-WAN (software defined wide area network) maintain a hosted UC call uninterrupted.

In a nutshell, SD-WAN ensures that business customers have the fastest, most resilient business data connections at the lowest prices for all of their prioritized business applications.

This video shows how the failure of one internet connection does not mean the failure of an application (a voice phone call in the video) because the SD-WAN technology routes the network application (the phone call) around the network outage without the phone call dropping.

More robustly programmed SD-WAN appliances and networks do the same for all you applications.

Dozens of SD-WAN appliances are available through hundreds of VARs (value added resellers), MSPs (managed service providers) and network service providers.

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