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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

Summary

SD-WAN has reached maturity, and each SD-WAN product in the market is going through a generational life cycle of its software every 6 to 18 weeks. On the surface, that statement is incongruent. Unfortunately, it is true that SD-WAN is now mature and is also constantly evolving. The best practice for both SD-WAN and SASE will be to follow the DevOps mindset in a constant improvement or iterative fashion. There is no perfect design but the pursuit of perfection through iteration, improvement, and optimization, continually, is the most valuable best practice in the market at this time.

The goal is to create or implement something that provides immediate value to the organization and then immediately improve upon its value. When CI/CD practices are culturally embedded in your organization, the optimal value is achieved.