{"id":4144,"date":"2021-01-18T13:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T18:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2021-01-18T13:12:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T18:12:45","slug":"secure-access-service-edge-faq-the-benefits-of-sase-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/secure-access-service-edge-faq-the-benefits-of-sase-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure Access Service Edge FAQ: The Benefits of SASE for Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For most of us, 2020 was a terrible year. However, there is one group that\u2019s benefited from the pandemic: Cybercriminals. As local governments issued stay-at-home orders and advisories, many people\u2019s jobs moved online. The surge in remote work<\/a> and virtual learning<\/a> combined with the spike in web traffic spurred by people seeking information about the public health crisis created plenty of opportunities for bad actors<\/a> to infiltrate vulnerable networks, carrying out phishing schemes<\/a> and launching ransomware<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The FBI\u2019s Internet Crime Complain Center (IC3) saw the number of cybersecurity complaints it received jump from 1,000 per day to between 3,000 and 4,000, Tonya Ugoretz, the deputy assistant director of the FBI\u2019s Cyber Division, reported during a webinar hosted by the Aspen Institute in April, according to The Hill article \u201cFBI sees spike in cyber crime reports during coronavirus pandemic<\/a>.\u201d The article also notes that cybersecurity companies noticed a rise in hacking attempts, and malicious actors also targeted health agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n

With the pandemic and virus-fueled spike in cybercrime extending into 2021, what can businesses do to fend off the relentless barrage of hacking attempts and minimize their chances of experiencing a disastrous data breach? One cutting-edge IT security solution has emerged as an effective method for safeguarding corporate networks and infrastructure against cyberattacks: The secure access service edge (SASE) model.<\/p>\n

1. What Is SASE?<\/h2>\n

Basically, SASE is a cybersecurity concept that involves combining SD-WAN<\/a> with network security functions, including secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB), zero-trust network access (ZTNA) and Firewall as a Service (FaaS), according to the Gartner blog entry \u201cSay Hello to SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)<\/a>.\u201d Gartner identified SASE as an up-and-coming hot commodity in the networking world in December 2019.<\/p>\n

2. How Does SASE Work?<\/h2>\n

SASE solutions leverage cloud-native security features along with SD-WAN functionality, which the SASE supplier delivers via the cloud as a service, according to Cisco<\/a>. This works to address the needs of businesses that are undergoing digital transformation<\/a> and rely increasingly on cloud solutions. Overall, the SASE framework gives enterprise security professionals the tools necessary to fine-tune performance, reliability, cost and security for every network session based on context and user identity, McAfee explains<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. What Are the Benefits of SASE?<\/h2>\n

There are tons of reasons to rely on SASE for cybersecurity. Here are some of the main advantages of utilizing the framework:<\/p>\n