Secure Service Edge Hybrid Work Environments

Organizations need to protect remote workers, as employees are accessing data and applications through hybrid environments. It can be achieved by using a secure edge service.

SSE is a cloud-native architecture that delivers security and networking services together in a single platform. This enables continuous security coverage across cloud, SaaS and private applications from an unified policy framework.

Access Control

It is important to have an SSE solution that covers all aspects of secure service edge. As employees and trusted partners increasingly access content, apps, data, and other resources via mobile or internet devices, a SSE solution will become more and more essential. SSE protects users from malicious and unauthorized access. It also enables secure access for web, cloud and private applications and monitors the digital experience.

SSE is a cloud-based platform that integrates networking and security functions, such as software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), firewall as a service, secure web gateways (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB), and zero trust network access (ZTNA). It allows for consistent application and network security across users and locations, while also providing central visibility.

SSE also includes a zero trust approach to access control that is based on identity and never places users on the corporate network. It ensures reliable and fast WAN connections, without the use of a VPN. SSE also includes a defense-in depth strategy that is effective in detecting and preventing threats such as malware.

Threat Protection

SSE provides threat protection to internet sessions. This ensures that users can connect securely and safely to critical business applications, no matter where they may be located. It enables hybrid work by employees, secures the cloud and private data connection, accelerates cloud-migrations, as well as simplifies the integration of M&As.

The cloud platform can deliver security services to users regardless of their location or device. This reduces risk by eliminating gaps between point products and eliminates the need for manual updates to traditional legacy appliances.

Zero trust access: SSE should only allow access to the least privileged users based on zero trust policies, which include user roles and behaviors, devices, applications and content. This prevents lateral movement and protects applications from being discovered, reducing the attack surface.

SSE enforces corporate policies for all users regardless of their location in the network, or device they use. This can reduce the risk of malware, ransomware, and other threats if employees are using cloud applications or sensitive data that is not compliant with company policies.

Data Security

Organisations must protect information when remote users and mobile devices connect to data and applications over the Internet. Secure service edge delivers security by unifying web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB), and zero trust network access (ZTNA) technologies.

SSE also offers centralized cloud data loss protection (DLP) capabilities, enabling sensitive data to be easily found, classified, and secured in a unified way. This can support compliance policies such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and GDPR.

SSE solutions should also include advanced threat prevention features, including cloud firewalls as a service, CASB inspections of data within SaaS apps and adaptive access controls. SSE is built around adaptive access, which detects changes in the device's posture and adjusts its access.

Watching

Monitoring internet sessions is important when using a secure service. This allows you to see how your network is performing and what apps are being used.

Monitoring helps you to identify potential problems and protect your business from threats. This can also help you improve your user experience and reduce costs.

SSE platforms which can monitor web and data traffic on a global level are essential. You should choose a vendor who has solid service-level agreements and is experienced in evaluating the traffic of major multinationals.

A security service edge can be used to enforce policy control on internet, cloud and mobile access. It can be used to enforce corporate internet policies and access controls for compliance, or mitigate risk by blocking content and isolating malware.