With employees accessing applications and data through hybrid work environments, organizations need a way to secure remote workers. Secure service edges can help with this. SSE is a cloud native architecture that combines networking and security services into a single platform. This enables continuous security coverage across cloud, SaaS and private applications from an unified policy framework. Access Control As more employees and trusted partners access content, data, applications, and other resources through the internet or mobile devices, it is essential to have a comprehensive secure service edge (SSE) solution. SSE protects against unauthorized or malicious access and allows users to access web, cloud, private, and other applications securely. SSE (Cloud Security Engine) is a cloud-based solution that integrates networking, security and other functions. These include SD-WAN software, firewall as a Service, Secure Web Gateways, Cloud Access Security Brokers and Zero Trust network access. It delivers centralized traffic visibility and offers consistent application security enforcement across all locations and users. SSE includes an identity-based zero trust access control system that never puts users on the corporate network. This allows for fast and reliable WAN connectivity without the need of a virtual private network (VPN). SSE includes a strong defense-in-depth approach for detecting malware and other threats. Threat Protection SSE protects internet sessions from threats, so users are able to connect securely with critical business apps no matter their location. This facilitates hybrid work, protects private and cloud data connectivity, speeds cloud migrations, simplifies integrations during M&As, and enables hybrid working by employees. A single cloud platform delivers security services that follow app-to-app connectivity, regardless of device or location. This eliminates gaps between point-products and the need to manually update traditional legacy appliances. Zero-trust access: SSE systems must allow the least privilege access, based upon a policy of zero trust, encompassing user role, behavior, device, content, and application. This protects against lateral movement while preventing applications from being found, reducing attack surfaces. Enforcing policy control: SSE combines unified threat prevention capabilities with CASB and ZTNA technologies to enforce corporate policies on all end users, regardless of where they are in the network or what devices they are using. This helps mitigate the risk of insider threats, ransomware and other threats that can occur when employees connect to sensitive data or use cloud applications that are not compliant with corporate policies. Data Security Organizations need to safeguard information as remote and mobile users access applications and data via the internet. Secure service edges delivers security through the unification of web gateways (SWG), cloud-access security brokers (CASB), as well as zero-trust network access (ZTNA). SSE also offers centralized cloud data loss protection (DLP) capabilities, enabling sensitive data to be easily found, classified, and secured in a unified way. This can assist in supporting compliance policies such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or GDPR. SSE must have advanced threat protection capabilities. Examples include cloud firewalls, CASB inspections in SaaS-based apps, and adaptive accessibility control. SSE solutions must include adaptive access control, which identifies and adjusts access based on changes in device posture. Monitoring When working with a secure service edge, it's important to monitor internet sessions. This allows you the ability to track how your network performs, and which apps have been used. Monitoring can help to protect your business by spotting potential problems in advance and preventing them from happening. This can also help you improve your user experience and reduce costs. SSE platforms with the ability to inspect data and web traffic on a worldwide scale are vital. Be sure that the vendor has a strong service level agreement (SLA) and an extensive track record in evaluating traffic for large multinational companies. The primary use case for a security edge is to enforce policies over cloud, internet and mobile access. This includes enforcing internet and access control policy for corporate compliance or mitigating risks through content blocking and malicious isolation.