Heavy Networking 575: Designing Better Networking And Security With SASE (Sponsored)

Welcome to Heavy Networking from the Packet Pushers. On today’s episode we’re getting into SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge. SASE is a Gartner classification getting significant traction among network and security vendors. It describes a set of capabilities that provide secure access and security services via the cloud. Palo Alto Networks is the sponsor of this episode. We examine what SASE means to you as a network engineer, its effects on how applications are protected and how you provide access to end users, and useful things to think about as to how SASE services are provisioned and operated while you evaluate whether SASE is right for your org. Our guest is Kumar Ramachandran, SVP of Products at Palo Alto Networks. We discuss: * How SaaS and cloud adoption complicate remote access * Gaps and drawbacks in traditional approaches to securing cloud access * Core tenets of SASE according to Palo Alto Networks * How SD-WAN fits into SASE * Whether SASE means the end of hardware security appliances * Bringing digital experience monitoring into SASE * More Show Links: Secure Access Service Edge for Dummies (free e-book) – Palo Alto Networks Securing Remote Workforces – Palo Alto Networks