Adopting a secure access service edge
What is SASE?
Secure Access Service Edge or “SASE” is a term that was coined by Gartner in 2019. Although it’s tempting to think of it as a product category, similar to SDP or VPN, it is more of a framework or philosophy. SASE encompasses a package of technologies, delivered as a service, that are designed to support the dynamic secure access needs of modern organizations.

Why has SASE come to be?
The traditional ‘hub and spoke’ network model has fallen into disarray, thanks to the rise of remote working. Not only are more workers tunneling into the network from outside the traditional perimeter, they’re using more SaaS apps than ever before (8 per day on average), on more devices, networks and traffic types.

Are you a network gymnast?
Funneling every connection through one centralized data center has created what Gartner calls “network gymnastics”. It simply no longer makes sense, given very little of what a user needs remains in the corporate data center. Not only that, but this model introduces latency and inhibits secure direct access.

The road to SASE
In order to abide by the SASE framework, every networking & security solution that once lived in a box in the data center, needs to instead to be delivered, as a service to the distributed workforce (at the edge). The traditional bottleneck of tunneling everything through one central on-premise ‘hub’ is therefore alleviated.
SASE in practice means delivering identity-centric network security, as a service, in the cloud. SASE solutions sit between agile users and corporate resources. They dynamically provide low-latency, secure direct access, based on identity.

NetMotion has SASE solutions
SASE encompasses a number of different technologies and solutions, ranging from SD-WAN to VPN. The NetMotion platform demonstrates leadership and capabilities in all solutions called out by Gartner as being ‘core components’ of SASE.



The NetMotion platform gathers real-time data about the experience of workers to increase productivity, improve employee morale, and reduce IT helpdesk tickets.
NetMotion is the only VPN available that has been designed specifically with mobile workers in mind, providing seamless remote access.
NetMotion’s WAN-optimation solutions enable the efficient routing of traffic with sophisticated optimization techniques and a highly customizable policy engine.
NetMotion’s Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) solutions replicate the functionality and benefits of a legacy firewall, and are delivered to your organization as a cloud service.
NetMotion’s SD-WAN-like solutions enable the efficient routing of traffic with sophisticated optimization techniques and a highly customizable policy engine.
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NetMotion’s CASB solutions that provide visibility, security, threat intelligence and compliance – while preparing your organization for distributed working.
NetMotion’s secure, cloud-first platform is designed from the ground up for the new modern edge, including 5G and remote connectivity.
NetMotion’s secure web gateway operates at the edge, providing IT teams with a SASE compliant, on-device engine that acts as a visibility agent and an intelligent gateway.
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NetMotion is the only platform that provides Zero-trust network access (ZTNA) solutions alongside a VPN, offering organizations a mixture of on-prem and cloud applications.
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SASE is a new package of technologies including SD-WAN, SWG, CASB, ZTNA and FWaaS as core abilities, with the ability to identity sensitive data or malware… with continuous monitoring of sessions for risk and trust levels.
Andrew Lerner, VP Analyst
Gartner
The ideal outcomes of implementing a SASE framework include:

Reduced complexity and costs

Improvements in performance and latency

Increased ease of use and transparency for end users

Simpler IT management and reduced maintenance

Better security

Zero-trust posture guaranteed