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Lumen Adds Features to its SASE Solutions Offering

Simplification and greater flexibility are the drivers for enhancements made by Lumen Technologies on its SASE Solutions product.

Secure access service edge (SASE) approaches go hand-in-glove with software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WANs). In general, the goal is to provide enterprise-level security as work is decentralized and data centers – where security traditionally is focused – are deemphasized.

The company says that its SASE Solutions offering uses an all-digital approach to the purchase, configuration and management of SASE services. It provides safe access to websites, access and sharing of sensitive data and user permission management for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.

The cloud-hosted gateways enable organizations to adopt “grow as they go” network and security management features without the need for premises-based equipment.

Lumen says that SASE enhancements include:

  • SSE (Secure Services Edge), a collection of integrated, cloud-centric security capabilities – including cloud-hosted gateways – that provide safe access to websites. It also includes the access and sharing of sensitive data and user permission management for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications provided by leading SD-WAN and security partners.
  • Cloud-hosted gateways enable organizations to adopt “grow as they go” network and security management features without the need for premise-based equipment.
  • Enable customers to migrate off shared gateways and onto a dedicated node providing enhanced security and reliability nationwide.
  • Provide flexible, centralized security services and dedicated cloud hosting with simplified and predictable pricing.
  • Enable secure remote access from virtually anywhere to the customer’s data and cloud applications.

Lumen said that its U.S.-based customers now can deploy premises-based SASE services to Canada and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

“Lumen is laser focused on what our customers want and need, and our latest SASE updates are a perfect example of this,” Darren Wolner, Lumen’s senior director of SASE product management said in a press release about the Lumen SASE offering.

“There has been a rapid adoption of cloud-based services as more organizations implement hybrid work, but security is paramount to any cloud-based experience. This means savvy organizations soon realized a whole new set of challenges and requirements. We quickly enhanced the product to fit their needs.”

In April, 2022, the Dell’Oro Group forecast the SASE market to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 116% and to reach a value of $5.1 billion by next year.

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