Chances are your clients have become increasingly dependent on cloud applications to do their jobs and serve their customers. However, as they continue to add new applications, they also expand their networks and attack surfaces. This can weaken their security posture. Take this opportunity to educate them on the benefits of SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) to enhance their network security.

 

What is SASE?

A catchy term coined by Gartner in 2019, SASE (pronounced “sassy”) is a security framework that combines the capabilities of SD-WAN and a comprehensive suite of security functions into a single, cloud-native service. SASE allows your clients to connect to the internet, applications and other company resources wherever their business takes them easily and securely.

 

In addition to enabling secure browsing and access to apps, SASE also offers the following benefits:

 

1. Flexible, consistent security

SASE lets you seamlessly deliver a full suite of security services to any network edge. This comprehensive approach ensures zero-trust network access so that your clients know exactly who is on their network and can proactively safeguard their network assets.

 

2. Lower TCO

Instead of relying on a disparate set of expensive security solutions that don’t “talk to each other,” SASE works as a single platform. Say goodbye to solution sprawl while lowering your client’s total cost of ownership.

 

3. Reduced network complexity

SASE allows you to simplify your client’s architecture by consolidating key networking and security functions from disparate products into single solutions that can be managed from a “single pane of glass.”

 

Learn more about FortiSASE

In an August 2019 report called, “The Future of Network Security in the Cloud.” Gartner notes that in the SASE market trend report, "Customer demands for simplicity, scalability, flexibility, low latency and pervasive security force convergence of the WAN edge and network security markets.”

 

Fortinet is the first vendor to deliver a comprehensive SASE solution by integrating cloud-delivered SD-WAN connectivity with security service edge (SSE), extending the convergence of networking and security from the edge to remote users.  A single-vendor solution, FortiSASE offers a full set of security capabilities including secure web gateway (SWG), universal zero-trust network access (ZTNA), next-generation dual-mode cloud access security broker (CASB), and Firewall as a Service (FWaaS).

 

Download the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Single-Vendor SASE to learn more about this technology and why Fortinet is listed as a Representative Vendor in this report.