What is that ‘edge magic quadrant’ thing in security services anyway? Turns out, it’s a handy way of seeing how well different security service providers measure up against each other. Here’s a little rundown on what it is and why you should care.
What is Security Service Edge Magic Quadrant?
CASB, secure web gateway (SWG), and zero-trust network access (ZTNA) are some of the security services that integrates into a single cloud platform called the security service edge (SSE). Gartner’s secure access service edge (SASE) model covers security and SD-WAN, routing, and optimization as part of its secure access component.
Using Zscaler’s all-in-one security platform built on the world’s most extensive security cloud, you may complete a SASE architecture. SSE for Zscaler:
- Apps do hide behind the Zscaler Zero Trust ExchangeTM, reducing the attack surface.
- Secures all user-to-app, app-to-app, and machine-to-machine connections to keep sensitive data safe.
- It prevents lateral movement by connecting users directly to programs rather than the network, isolating dangers.
- Maximizes user experience and performance while minimizing costs and complexity.
What is SSE?
Web, cloud services, and private apps cannot accessed without the security service edge (SSE). Access control, threat protection, data security, security monitoring, and acceptable use control are some features.
They can be used with network-based and API-based integration. SSE is mostly a cloud-based service, but it may also have on-premises or agent-based parts.
Security and networking technologies combine into a single cloud-based platform called Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) by Gartner in 2019. This allows businesses to move to the cloud safely and quickly.
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Gartner has come up with a two-pronged vendor approach for the next evolution of SASE. It brings together a highly converged Wide Area Network (WAN) Edge Infrastructure platform with a highly converged security platform. It calls Security Service Edge (SSE).
Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) are some of the security services that make up the Security Service Edge (SSE) in SASE. These services work together to keep web, cloud, and private applications safe.
In the SASE framework, the networking component is called WAN Edge Infrastructure. This component changes network architectures to make direct-to-cloud connectivity more efficient.
Why should I use SSE?
As the number of people who work from home and the number of people who buy from them grows, businesses have had a hard time finding a way to make their security strategy less complicated. It happens while still making sure people are safe and having a good experience.
Security Service Edge (SSE) technologies have proven to reduce the complexity of endpoint protection. Also, it increases cloud service security across an enterprise.
A complete SSE strategy gives businesses a wide range of security technologies that benefit employees and other stakeholders both on-site and from afar:
- Access to applications, tools and data from anywhere globally while reducing processing traffic for unauthorized access, data, risk, and threats. No longer having to route traffic back through the data center improves processing traffic for unauthorized data access, risk, and threats.
- Web, cloud, and private apps can be accessed faster, more securely, and more efficiently from any user, device, and anywhere.
- Monitoring and tracking the behavior of people who use the network
- Detecting both attacks from the cloud and malware that is more sophisticated than normal malware is a big part of threat defense in the cloud.
- Cloud-to-cloud and internet-to-cloud protection for your data
- To have secure Zero Trust access to data and applications, you need to know the user’s identity, context, and least privileged access.