As more and more businesses move to the cloud, security has become a top concern. While there are many options for securing your data, one of the most effective is Security Service Edge. But what is it, and how does it work?
In this post, we’ll look at what Security Service Edge work is and how you can make it work for your business.
How To Make Security Service Edge Work
Security service edge (SSE) is the security part of secure access service edge (SASE) (SASE). As a cloud-native IT model, SASE brings together the wide-area network (WAN) edge networking and security services to better suit modern business practices than traditional network architectures.
Two intertwined capabilities may be found in SASE – network services and security services.
WAN edge services are SASE’s networking component.
According to Gartner, the networking capability on which SASE based, the research and consulting group that initially created the term “SASE,” is WAN edge services, including software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN).
Connecting local networks across long distances is the primary goal of wide-area networking (WAN). Moving those capabilities to the edge better supports branch offices, mobile users, and cloud infrastructure. WAN services offered at the edge are more scalable and adaptable than traditional, MPLS-based WAN services.
SSE is the security component of SASE.
SSE does make up of three main parts, with some optional features:
- According to Gartner, ZTNA “creates a logical access barrier around an application or collection of apps based on identity and context.”
- Software as a service (SaaS) applications is well-protected with the help of a cloud access security broker (CASB).
- Secure web gateway (SWG): Sits between remote and office users and the Internet to implement acceptable usage and security standards for threat and data protection.
- FWaaS and RBI are two further security features that incorporate into SSE and other security features like firewall-as-a-service. When cloud-centric edge WAN services and SSE do offer from the same network architecture, an enterprise may fully adopt a SASE model.
What’s the Big Deal about SSE?
SSE helps consolidate and simplify security operations into a single, globally available cloud-based solution. It works as personnel and data are increasingly distributed outside the office. SSE tackles a wide range of security issues, including the following:
Dissolving Perimeters
In the past, perimeter-focused security models were common. Based on the idea that all of the company’s resources were housed in a data center. It then safeguarded the link between the corporate network and the public Internet protected the firm, these models were created.
Cloud infrastructure, SaaS, remote work, mobile devices, and the Internet of Things (IoT) have dissolved the conventional perimeter, making traditional centralized security methods ineffective. An inspection engine is delivered from a global network of cloud points of presence. Thus, it allows companies to deploy security closer to where the user and data reside (PoPs).
Security Complexity
Due to the difficulty in monitoring and managing security designs. A single cloud-delivered security stack reduces the need for a complicated variety of separate security technologies.
Network Performance
Latency and user experience are negatively affected when using perimeter-based solutions to safeguard dispersed infrastructure. All traffic is routed back to a central point for security assessment by an enterprise security stack. Using SSE, security may be placed closer to the people and resources required, reducing the number of time-consuming and wasteful paths.
Operational Efficiency
Consolidation of security functions into a single, integrated, cloud-based solution: Security Service Edge improves operational efficiency. For security teams, this makes it easier to set up and administer security systems while decreasing operating costs.
For example, the cloud security vendor is responsible for producing daily backups and maintaining high availability and redundancy.