Security service edge is a security technology that secures access to assets outside of the corporate network.
Security service edge introduces a control that connects to remote users and assets before they connect to each other.
All SSE tools borrow from network security concepts to isolate communication within an envelope of protection and many introduce the granular security controls of zero trust as well.
An integrated SSE tool needs to include capabilities for access control, acceptable use, data security, security monitoring, and threat protection.
SSE should integrate with other operations and security controls to enable connections to data centers, cloud resources, local networks, websites, and both in-house and third-party apps.
SSE tools provide strong security but must integrate with other systems to provide more comprehensive network security and protection for the organization overall.
Software-defined wide area network: Creates the interlink connections and microsegmentation to segregate assets or connect internal assets to the SSE. Security information and event management: Captures activity logs for security review and potential event investigation.
Security orchestration, automation, and response: Automates some incident response and prioritizes alerts and threat intelligence for security analysts.
Threat intelligence platforms: Consolidates vulnerability news, malware changes, and attack trends to inform security teams and security tools for improved response.
Secure service edge tools directly address the security and operations problems created by attempting to secure remote users and assets.
SSE introduces additional cloud-based and scalable security controls to improve remote user security with minimal disruption.
SSE extends security to all users, Internet of Things, operations technology, cloud assets, and applications that reside outside of the internal network.
Integration difficulties: Some existing communications and security tools may lack support from specific SSE tools and require additional integration efforts or workarounds.
Legacy architecture issues: SSE performs security in a dramatically different fashion for improved efficiency, but forcing SSE processes into legacy network architecture or security processes will introduce delays and performance issues.
SSE adaptation struggles: New technology requires review and heavy modification of policies and procedures developed for traditional security tools to cover SSE capabilities; may potentially need entirely new incident response plans and processes.
While there is some overlap between secure access service edge and SSE tools, many quality SSE tools will not qualify under SASE because they lack full SD-WAN integration.
Buyers can expect their own needs for service secure edge to change as the security standards, industry regulations, and the SSE tools themselves evolve.
SSE introduces additional agility, scalability, and operations improvements for organizations even as the need to secure remote users and assets continues to increase and add pressure to security and operations teams.
Currently, vendors with zero trust network access promote it as a basic component of SSE. As Zero Trust becomes more defined by regulation and adoption of zero trust improves, vendors will apply zero trust principles to other aspects of the SSE tool, such as identity and website access, to further enhance security.
Secure service edge more than replaces traditional VPN security for remote users.
This Cyber News was published on www.esecurityplanet.com. Publication date: Tue, 28 May 2024 23:43:07 +0000