As CIO or Head of ICT Infrastructure, you will face the challenges of modern, digital business models such as remote work and cloud migration. The way we work (together) and how we build and protect our IT infrastructure is undergoing a radical change. Traditional, network-based security solutions such as firewalls or remote access gateways are reaching their limits.
One way to cope with these new demands on IT is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge). In this post, we will break down SASE and explain its benefits and limitations so you can decide if it is the right solution for your business.
SASE is a security architecture developed by Gartner and designed specifically for the needs of the cloud era. It is a comprehensive platform that - unlike traditional models - combines security and network functions and is available anywhere, anytime. It offers a far-reaching security model based on zero-trust principles, combining various technologies such as next-generation firewalls, secure web gateways, cloud access security brokers, virtual private networks (VPNs) in one platform and integrating identity and access management (IAM).
During the development of an effective SASE implementation concept, we at BNC became particularly aware of the last point "Connection Point". This is indispensable and, in the case of a site connection in the form of a "box" at the respective company sites, serves all applications in the cloud or in the data centre. The BNC SAS provides this "box" as an important part of the service and also allows companies to break away from cloud dependency. This is how our Secure Access Service was created, which comes with an on-premise component and brings various benefits. Learn more about our BNC Secure Access Service in Part 2: SASE without "E"?