SASE, a central pillar of a successful cybersecurity strategy

More than ever, Cloud computing will continue to grow to enable companies to carry out their operations. By 2024, it is estimated that more than 40% of organisations will use the Cloud to transport and secure their data.

Ultimately, this approach should become the norm by 2030. It is therefore essential to create and use a framework of trust to carry out such a project. It is in this context that an approach defined by Gartner appears to be gaining ground and becoming a must in companies' cyber strategies: SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) architecture and platforms.

But what is SASE?

In practice, SASE relies on a next-generation network and security architecture that allows organisations to securely connect any user to any application, anywhere in the world. Companies can then transform their network and security infrastructure to succeed in their digital transformation.
It is far more than a simple concept: it is a single framework that lets teams work securely in the cloud while relying on high-performance infrastructure. Ultimately, SASE makes it possible to converge network and security technologies.

What are the main benefits of SASE?

As we have seen, SASE opens up many new perspectives. Operationally, this translates into benefits at several levels, especially with a managed SASE approach, which lets the company focus on its core business by delegating the technical management of the SASE project to a trusted third party. In this sense, "managed SASE" now appears to be the preferable option for getting a project off the ground quickly.

The main benefits of managed SASE include:

• A reduced budget for WAN and network security
• Secured traffic between users and applications
• Centralised operations management with the option of making decisions locally
• Better application performance and latency, wherever users are located
• And finally, simpler operations.

The network and security convergence of the SASE model also removes the complexity of NOC and SOC operations.

For all these reasons, the SASE approach is a single building block that will be increasingly valued by CIOs and CISOs looking for trusted infrastructure to carry out their move to the Cloud.

By Jérôme BEAUFILS, head of SASETY