Understanding SASE: Solving modern network risks

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SASE - a powerful solution to a modern-day problem

SASE presents an exciting solution to the ongoing difficulty in marrying networking and security, ensuring infrastructure and connectivity requirements are met, while also allowing ongoing innovation.

Categories: Connectivity, Network security

23 Jan 2024

25 Mins

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Secure access service edge (SASE) has emerged as a compelling solution to achieve efficient and powerful networking and security.

Frost & Sullivan explores the SASE advantage in the midst of uncertainty

The rise of IoT, the proliferation of BYOD and remote working, and growing dependence on cloud providers is giving rise to complexities, particularly when it comes to networking and security.

Frost & Sullivan’s recent report “The SASE advantage: Converging SSE and SD-WAN for secure, scalable, and futureproof digital modernisation” shares how SASE tackles these challenges, bringing together secure service edge (SSE) and SD-WAN solutions to enable secure, scalable and futureproof digital modernisation.

SASE effectively integrates multiple network connectivity and security functions into one unified, cloud-based solution. This provides a comprehensive solution that accommodates distributed workforces and cloud-centric environments to enable ongoing innovation.

In the report, Frost & Sullivan delve into key trends defining the enterprise landscape, the role of SASE, the numerous benefits of such an approach, and the outcomes of advanced agility.

Most importantly, by integrating networking and security functions, which all too often can be fragmented, SASE enables businesses to achieve secure connectivity, from core to cloud.

Singtel SASE offers a powerful way to secure access and connectivity from the network core to the edge and cloud, supported by our SD-WAN and Liquid-X offerings. We work to resolve the pain of fragmented functions and greatly enable today’sworkforce.

Discover more, including real-world solutions available via Singtel, in the full report.

Reference:

1. Frost & Sullivan, The SASE advantage: Converging SSE and SD-WAN for secure, scalable, and futureproof digital modernisation, 2023

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