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SASE for Healthcare Professionals

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Overview

The challenge of technological evolution and progress is particularly challenging for the healthcare industry The impact of upgrading or replacing critical infrastructure, outdated applications, poor user experience with interfaces and dashboards and data privacy concerns and security vulnerabilities are across an ever-growing attack surface in a highly regulated industry present risk to every entry point and every data storage configuration.

SASE ensures that healthcare organizations and enterprises have a comprehensive networking and security posture for:

Enhanced Security: Integrates SD-WAN with cloud-based security services like Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB).
Improved Performance: Optimizes digital-first care, removes expensive hardware and simplifies management of multiple connections.
Operational Flexibility: Offers centralized management, superior visibility, and control over applications, users, and devices.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces total cost of ownership and network downtime and provides flexible connectivity options.
Strategic Partner: GTT positions itself as a strategic partner for healthcare providers, offering a comprehensive solution to manage and secure their network infrastructure.

Summary of the Paper

This whitepaper explores the implementation of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) in the healthcare sector. It highlights the challenges faced by healthcare providers and presents SASE as a solution to enhance security, performance, and operational flexibility.

What you will learn

SASE Framework Benefits: Understanding how SASE integrates SD-WAN with cloud-based security services to improve security, performance, and cost-efficiency.
Strategic Decision-Making: Knowledge of GTT’s solutions and the advantages of a managed SASE framework can aid healthcare providers in making informed decisions about their networking and security investments.
Operational Efficiency: Learning about the benefits of SASE can help healthcare organizations improve their operational efficiency, reduce costs, and provide better patient care.
Enhanced Security and Compliance: With increasing cyber threats and stringent regulatory requirements, understanding how SASE can enhance security and compliance is crucial for healthcare providers.
Continuing protection for the future: Understanding the scalability and flexibility of SASE helps healthcare providers prepare for future technological advancements and changing demands in the healthcare industry.

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What is SASE (Secure Access Service Edge)?

 SASE combines networking and security into a single, cloud-delivered service framework that ensures secure and efficient access to data and applications, regardless of the user’s location. It integrates SD-WAN with security service edge (SSE) functionalities like CASB, SWG, ZTNA, and FWaaS.

How does SASE enhance employee productivity?

SASE optimizes the user experience by providing faster, more reliable access to SaaS and private apps at the edge, enhancing efficiency and control, thus boosting overall productivity.

What are the key benefits of implementing SASE?

Benefits include increased flexibility, scalability, cost savings, and enhanced performance. It helps provide a zero-trust architecture, simplifies IT operations and offers advanced threat prevention and data protection management.

In what scenarios is SASE particularly beneficial?

SASE is ideal for businesses with hybrid and remote work models, those undergoing branch transformation or expansion, and enterprises adopting cloud technologies, a zero-trust architecture, and migrating data.

5. How does SASE differ from traditional VPN solutions?

Unlike traditional VPNs that provide basic secure access, SASE uses a zero-trust approach to verify every user and device, ensuring that only authenticated and authorized entities can access network resources.

Everything You Need to Know About SASE

SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge, is a transformative cybersecurity solution framework that merges advanced network functionality and robust security measures into a single, unified cloud service. It addresses the modern enterprise’s need for flexible, scalable security that supports a dispersed workforce accessing applications at the edge from multiple locations. By integrating components like SD-WAN, CASB, SWG, ZTNA, and FWaaS, SASE not only simplifies network management but also fortifies defenses against the evolving threat landscape. Ideal for businesses transitioning to hybrid or fully remote models, SASE ensures that connectivity remains secure and efficient, bridging the gap between traditional network setups and the demands of today’s digital environments.