Journey Into the World of SASE

Book excerpt: This book is intended for any professional interested in gaining greater insight into the terms, concepts, and issues related to the ongoing evolution of security and networking. It has been developed for a range of readers: the executive seeking to understand how their business is changing, the IT leader responsible for driving the transition, and the technologist designing and implementing change. Upon conclusion of the book, the reader should have a better and deeper understanding of: •The state of enterprise technology today – legacy systems and networks, cloud compute and service providers, hybrid operating models •The ongoing evolution to hybrid models, bringing together disparate data center and cloud components under a single policy and security management umbrella. •The individual components that make up networking and security ecosystems and how they come together to form an intrinsic security solution. •The path to move enterprise networking and security blueprint towards SASE architecture. •How the integration of SD-WAN and SASE will address latency, performance, and global policy •As a team at the forefront of SD-WAN technology, we are uniquely positioned to help IT transform WAN into SASE as we lead the evolution in its implementation and deployment. •Market trends that have contributed to this movement, the challenges that it poses, and its value to both individual users and the broader enterprise. •In the realms of implementation and deployment, we will cover SASE network flow, design principles and operation practices, the role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIOps/ML) in the SASE platform, and the necessary preparatory steps to ensure effective Day-0 through Day-N operations and management. This technical book has 100+ diagrams to simplify the concept. Get started on your SASE Journey.