#### SASE – What is it?

netQ has undertaken our own independent research and created a simplified breakdown of how we explain SASE, and the associated benefits of this.

netQ works with a number of vendors who provide SASE solutions. netQ has the expertise, experience and capability to provide guidance and support to your business to create a SASE roadmap and solution that best meets your business requirements.

### SD-WAN

Link Management, Traffic routing and QoS, Voice and latency-sensitive traffic, optimised path engineering to Public SaaS.

### Network Security

Traffic encryption, Threat prevention and detection, Network Firewall (FWaaS), Anti-Malware, Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Deep packet inspection,

### Supports All Edges

Datacenters, branches, public cloud, roaming users, and mobile clients.

### SASE  Network  & Security  Converged

### Cloud Security

DNS Filtering, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), URL Filtering, Cloud Access Secure Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Data Loss Protection (DLP).

### Cloud-Native Monitoring

Single dashboard for all edges and centralised security policy management, optimised co-location public SaaS.

### Identity Driven

User and resource identification, Identity access policy & control, risk-driven security controls.

### There are great benefits with SASE:

- Improved connectivity reliability and redundancy between New Zealand, Australia and Global Sites.
- Reduced operational cost associated with expensive managed global MPLS circuits.
- Improved visibility and accessibility in management for operations monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Reduced security fragmentation by removing different security vendor toolsets.
- Reduced latency and bandwidth constraints using L3/L4 or L7 Application-driven policy.
- Built-in enterprise security capabilities (encryption, secure web, CASB, DNS, Mobile VPN, SOC).
- Hybrid workforce enablement to connect securely from any location and any endpoint, locally or globally.
- Aggregated managed service for both connectivity and security services offering.

## Future-proof your network and build lasting connections with netQ – your trusted strategic asset

We empower businesses with cutting-edge technology and winning strategies for a more connected future. Our proven architect-led solutions are tailored to elevate your business security standards and foster growth.