SASE Actors
As per the MEF Forum, “An actor is a user, device, or application that either wants to access another actor or allow themselves to be accessible.”
Actors generally come in pairs in this generation of SASE services. In every SASE session, there is a subject actor and a target actor. The subject actor is at the “A” end of the relationship and does something based on the target actor at the “Z” end.
Regardless of their role, all actors are denied access using the ZTF until they are fully authenticated by leveraging a Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Identity and Access Management (IAM) system. IAM leverages factors such as risk, reputation, role, privilege, capability, and physical or virtual attributes such as a serial number or Media Access Control (MAC) address.
Once the actors have been authenticated, the subject actor and target actor for each SASE session are tracked, managed, monitored, and controlled so that they...