Bring network and security policy closer to the user.

SASE combines wide-area connectivity and cloud-delivered security capabilities around the access needs of users, devices and applications.

How it works Concept model

01 · Connect Establish the access path User · branch · application
02 · Verify Apply identity-led controls Context · policy · inspection
03 · Operate Review access as one service Experience · event · change

A conceptual sequence used to explain the service, not a customer deployment.

What it is

An architectural approach that brings selected networking and security functions into a cloud-delivered service model.

01
Identity-led access
02
Secure web and private-application access
03
WAN and branch integration
04
Central policy and operational visibility

Who it is for

Distributed work

Users access applications from many locations.

Cloud adoption

Traffic patterns no longer centre on one data centre.

Policy consistency

Network and security controls need a shared direction.

What you get

Access

Users connect through policy designed around identity and context.

Consistency

Selected controls can follow users beyond the office.

Architecture

WAN and security decisions are considered together.

Visibility

Access and events can share an operating view.

How we deliver it

Step 1
Map
Understand users, locations, applications and current traffic paths.
Step 2
Prioritise
Select the first access patterns and controls to modernise.
Step 3
Design
Define policy, integration, resilience and operating ownership.
Step 4
Transition
Introduce the architecture in controlled stages.

Questions about this service

Is SASE one product?

SASE is an architecture that combines selected networking and cloud-delivered security capabilities; the implementation depends on the chosen design.

Does SASE remove every on-premises control?

Not necessarily. Existing controls, application locations and transition requirements determine the target architecture.

Start with the conditions around sase.

Describe the current environment, the change you are considering and what the result must support.