Fortunately, new digital network models like Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) and cloud-based security frameworks like Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offer the flexibility, scalability and cost-efficiency needed for facilitating business growth. As remote and hybrid work arrangements become commonplace globally, businesses will need to manage a growing distributed workforce and multiple branch sites, while securing more IoT devices.

One key challenge is maintaining operational efficiency even across disparate locations. To this end, NaaS can overcome network capacity limitations while fast tracking deployment of the most demanding workloads. Without the need to manage a physical infrastructure, NaaS can also connect operations across multiple regions.

Some solutions even allow enterprises to simplify network management from a single platform with real-time analytics and self-service tools. And to drive business agility, networks can be customised and scaled alongside growth, reducing time-to-market for new products or services.

Then there’s the data security requirements and network risks of expansion, challenges that SASE is poised to tackle. By integrating Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking (SD-WAN) and advanced security solutions as a cloud platform, SASE lets businesses streamline network operations, boost scalability and enhance security. This is done without managing individual network and security appliances, while getting the end-to-end visibility for responding to evolving needs and security threats.

In the face of an increasingly complex digital landscape, enterprises can consider a suite of solutions that include the NaaS and SASE capabilities.

For businesses operating in diverse locations, Singtel CUBΣ offers global reach by connecting branch offices across multiple regions with NaaS, with easy provisioning integrating networking and security across leading technology platforms.

To stay resilient in an evolving threat landscape, Singtel integrates security service edge capabilities into the network service model so businesses can leverage network and security services via a consumption-based model. What this means is secure and efficient connectivity across distributed environments.

On-demand unified connectivity is another key feature, with flexible bandwidth solutions such as Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN), global internet access, and multi-cloud connections that provide seamless cloud integration. At the same time, businesses can continue optimising application performance with SD-WAN overlays and network slicing.
Mobile and IoT devices are becoming integral to the enterprise network given the distributed environments in which enterprises operate. As these endpoints are often spread across a wide geographical area, robust network security is non-negotiable.

Prioritising IoT security, Singtel Unified SASE Convergence is designed to help enterprises verify a user’s identity and IoT devices directly connected to the Singtel network. This is bolstered by Singtel’s Enterprise Mobile Protect, which protects roaming end users from foreign network vulnerabilities, surveillance risks, and hacking attempts. At the same time, Security-as-a-Service (SecaaS) can strengthen access controls across all IoT devices on the enterprise network, continuously monitor their network traffic, and detect or prevent threats in real time using techniques such as signature-based detection, anomaly detection, and behavioural analysis.

Featuring an ecosystem of industry leaders, the SASE capabilities of Singtel CUBΣ ensure secure and efficient connectivity from the cloud to the edge. Built-in cybersecurity protections also mean that zero trust security features and advanced AI-driven security are part of the suite, which are key to securing myriad endpoints while ensuring global regulatory compliance.
Finally, enterprises can do away with the technical complexity of overseeing the digital network with managed services.

Addressing common visibility challenges of managing multiple solutions, Singtel CUBΣ offers a unified, consolidated stack of managed services that integrate networking with comprehensive security—delivered via a central platform. This also offers organisations the scalability to deploy NaaS and SASE as a service that adapts to changing business needs, be it expanding geographic reach or increasing traffic from mobile devices.

Find out more about incorporating NaaS and SASE into your digital network with Singtel CUBΣ.