Fortinet,
the
cybersecurity
provider
driving
the
convergence
of
networking
and
security,
has
announced
several
enhancements
to FortiSASE.
It
is
Fortinet’s
single-vendor
secure
access
service
edge
(SASE)
solution,
which
enables
additional
deployment
flexibility
and
new
secure
access
capabilities
for
digital
resources
across
private
applications,
software
as
a
service
(SaaS),
and
the
internet.
According
to
a
recent Fortinet
work-from-anywhere
survey,
55%
of
organisations
support
hybrid
workforces.
As
a
result,
most
chief
information
officers
are
tasked
with
securing
users
as
they
move
from
home
to
office
and
during
travel.
Unfortunately,
consistent
security
for
all
users
is
near
impossible
when
using
solutions
not
integrated
across
on-premises
and
in
the
cloud.
And
the
larger
and
more
distributed
the
network,
the
more
pervasive
these
issues
can
be.
Providing
consistent
security
to
a
global
hybrid
workforce
on-premises
and
off
requires
a
single-vendor
SASE
approach.
Thus,
furthering
its
commitment
to
delivering
a
comprehensive
SASE
solution
that
extends
the
convergence
of
networking
and
security
from
the
edge
to
remote
users,
Fortinet
is
announcing
enhancements
to
FortiSASE,
including
FortiGate
Secure
Edge
integration
enhancements.
With
the
existing
FortiGate
Secure
Edge
integration,
Fortinet
Secure
SD-WAN
customers
benefit
from
the
flexibility
to
perform
security
on-premises
(via
FortiGate)
or
in
the
cloud
(via
FortiSASE).
New
enhancements
to
this
FortiGate
Secure
Edge
integration
give
teams
even
more
granular
control
and
flexibility
when
performing
security
on-premises
or
in
the
cloud
to
optimise
the
user
experience.
This
enhancement
will
particularly
benefit
organisations
with
a
hybrid
workforce
and
better
ensure
consistent
security
regardless
of
users’
location.
Further
enhancements
have
been
made
to
all
three
key
FortiSASE
use
cases
to
secure
access
for
users
to
and
from
the
internet,
privately
hosted
applications,
and
SaaS
applications.
For
secure
internet
access,
FortiSASE
has
been
further
enhanced
with
improved
performance
and
infrastructure
scalability
and
dedicated
public
intellectual
property
support.
In
addition,
the
enhanced
geolocation-based
experience
enables
access
to
custom
services
based
on
a
user’s
location.
For
secure
private
access,
FortiSASE
now
offers
expanded
Secure
SD-WAN
hub
connectivity
to
support
even
larger
global
hybrid
networks
with
seamless
on-premises
integration,
providing
remote
users
secure
access
to
corporate
applications.
For
secure
SaaS
access,
FortiSASE
has
been
enhanced
with
cloud
access
security
broker
(CASB)
innovations
that
expand
application
coverage
and
provide
deeper
control
of
SaaS
application
behaviour
and
the
ability
to
restrict
tenants’
access
control.
Designed
to
provide
consistent
security
for
users
anywhere,
FortiSASE
converges
cloud-delivered
security,
including secure
web
gateway (SWG), universal
zero-trust
network
access (ZTNA),
next-generation
dual-mode CASB, and Firewall-as-a-Service
(FwaaS),
and
networking
(Secure
SD-WAN).
Powered
by
a
single
operating
system
(FortiOS),
FortiGuard
AI-powered
security
services,
and
a
unified FortiClient agent,
FortiSASE
helps
improve
efficiency
and
delivers
consistent
security
everywhere.
“In
today’s
work-from-anywhere
world
where
users
are
on
and
off
the
network
accessing
distributed
applications,
Fortinet
empowers
organisations
to
apply
enterprise-grade
security across
all
edges
consistently.
New
updates
to
FortiSASE
enhance
our
ability
to
extend
FortiGuard
Security
Services
across
the
SD-WAN
edge
and
cloud
edge,”
says
John
Maddison,
EVP
of
products
and
CMO
of
Fortinet.
“Our
commitment
to
continuously
improving
what
is
already
one
of
the
leading
single-vendor
SASE
solutions
on
the
market
is
why
we’re
seeing
huge
customer
adoption
and
trust
in
Fortinet
to
support
their
SASE
journey.”
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