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Diving into Secure Access Service Edge

By : Jeremiah
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Diving into Secure Access Service Edge

By: Jeremiah

Overview of this book

The SASE concept was coined by Gartner after seeing a pattern emerge in cloud and SD-WAN projects where full security integration was needed. The market behavior lately has sparked something like a "space race" for all technology manufacturers and cloud service providers to offer a "SASE" solution. The current training available in the market is minimal and manufacturer-oriented, with new services being released every few weeks. Professional architects and engineers trying to implement SASE need to take a manufacturer-neutral approach. This guide provides a foundation for understanding SASE, but it also has a lasting impact because it not only addresses the problems that existed at the time of publication, but also provides a continual learning approach to successfully lead in a market that evolves every few weeks. Technology teams need a tool that provides a model to keep up with new information as it becomes available and stay ahead of market hype. With this book, you’ll learn about crucial models for SASE success in designing, building, deploying, and supporting operations to ensure the most positive user experience (UX). In addition to SASE, you’ll gain insight into SD-WAN design, DevOps, zero trust, and next-generation technical education methods.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
1
Part 1 – SASE Market Perspective
7
Part 2 – SASE Technical Perspective
15
Part 3 – SASE Success Perspective
20
Part 4 – SASE Bonus Perspective
Appendix: SASE Terms

SASE Introduction

Recently coined by Gartner, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) has been dominating Information Technology projects for both cost savings and needed pervasive security. This book provides a comprehensive foundational level understanding of what SASE is, how to leverage SASE for success, how to learn through each evolution, where to find more information, and what the future of integrated secure access solutions looks like.

We will begin this by introducing the concept of SASE for those who are still trying to clarify what SASE is or what it is not. In this chapter, we will cover how the market is defining SASE, what the actual market is for SASE, why we need to embrace SASE, and how to present SASE to your organization in a comprehensive manner.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • Define SASE—what SASE is and what SASE is not
  • Market SASE—a market evaluation of SASE
  • Value SASE—value proposition, SASE services
  • Embrace SASE—embracing the idea of a SASE framework
  • Present SASE—presenting the idea of SASE and clearing the hype cycle