Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Moving towards a SASE solution
As your organisation increasingly embraces digital transformation, moving towards a SASE solution will help you to securely connect people, things and applications, whilst delivering an exceptional experience to all of your users.
A leading-edge solution for speed and security
Are you struggling with changed ways of working, cloud adoption, remote offices, roaming users, new vulnerabilities from the use of AI and an increase in network traffic?
A SASE solution will help you to converge networking and cloud security in an ever-expanding perimeter, combining network and security functions into a single unified security service.
SASE enables you to scale as your business evolves, optimising the user experience with faster, more secure connectivity from any device, anywhere.
Enabling businesses to embrace advanced security across distributed workforces and a cloud first strategy, the SASE architectural model unifies SD-WAN, with Security Service Edge (SSE) capability.
Plotting your SASE journey
Major architectural change often requires an element of delivering big bang changes, creating unwanted complexity and risk for a business.
Implementing a SASE architecture with Ideal offers your team the opportunity to develop architecture components over time.This allows you to implement the associated security layers in a controlled manner, with the option for single vendor or multi-vendor deployment depending on your requirements.
Ideal can work with your team to choose the right vendors and technologies and plan a step-by-step implementation in line with your business goals.
A blended solution
Depending on your starting point and what you’re trying to achieve, your SASE solution will combine the following elements, delivered to your priorities and timescales:
- Secure Service Edge (SSE)
- Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) – securing access by verifying identity and context before connecting users to applications
- Cloud Secure Web Gateway (SWG) – filtering and securing web traffic to block threats and enforce policies
- Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) – securing and governing cloud app usage and data access
- Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) – providing cloud-based firewall protection across all users and locations
- SD-WAN
- Providing centrally managed secure WAN infrastructure, offering flexible, intelligently routed, and cost-effective networking between sites, across a mixture of transport services
40percent
of AI generated code has been found to contain security weaknesses.
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SD-WAN is a foundational element for converging network and cloud security.
So what exactly is SASE? Read our helpful guide.
With Ideal, you can expect:
Expert design
Analysing your current estate, objectives and desired outcomes, before tailoring a flexible SASE journey.
Smooth delivery
Often a step-by-step deployment, integrating technologies and working towards a full SASE solution over time.
Dependable support
We’re always on hand to answer your queries and can provide UK-based Managed Service Support going forward.
How can we help?
Book a SASE Strategy Session
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