SASE is about building that next generation network for application “delivery, which means it needs to mitigate risk, reduce costs, “ or increase productivity and profits -Matt Douglas Senior Director of Solution Engineering CBTS “Compliance is another driver,” added Michael McKinnon, senior vice president of Solutions & Engineering at Globalgig, a network services company based in San Antonio, Texas. “It’s much easier to check for compliance when you’re able to offload your security to central location that can be scanned. The ability to leverage Zero Trust networking is another driver. That basically ties into remote branches and remote users. Trying to develop a Zero Trust network means that if this device is connecting to my network, it’s already authorized. The policies are already applied as soon as it hits the network. This is beneficial to customers because, in the traditional scenario, when a device is going onto that network, you have to go in and program that device to meet customer needs. But in this case, all that happens dynamically.” Copyright © 2021 AVANT Communications, Inc. AVANT | SASE 6-12 Report | 12