How to Adopt a SASE Strategy
Adoption of SASE can take a variety of forms. However, given that most financial services companies likely already have existing cybersecurity measures in place, the first question many should consider is whether to integrate existing measures into new SASE tools or remove the current setup in favor of a new security infrastructure.
Adoption of SASE components could be done a la carte, but experts suggest choosing a comprehensive plan with a single vendor — such as Cisco Systems, Fortinet, Sophos, Palo Alto Networks or Check Point Software Technologies — is better.
“The biggest thing to keep in mind when adopting SASE is prioritizing a single-vendor solution,” says Satish Madiraju, senior director of product for SASE at Fortinet. “In the past, organizations often deployed solutions from a variety of vendors, but as the network expanded and became more complex, this approach created an overly complicated, unmanageable environment.” A single-vendor solution can deliver a more unified management and user experience that helps reduce costs, improve operational efficiencies and close security gaps.
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How SASE Takes Advantage of Automation to Enhance Security
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping banks and other businesses to become more proactive as they address the growing number of threats.
SASE solutions fit nicely into financial services organizations’ efforts to automate their security operations. For example, when a SASE solution is integrated to cover a broad range of business activities, it receives a significant amount of data that helps it distinguish between normal and abnormal networking behavior.
This allows cybersecurity tools to identify new threats and deal with them before they escalate.