Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) combines two main capabilities:

• Security Service Edge, which provides network security as a service
• WAN Edge, which provides network connectivity as a service

• Secure Web Gateway (SWG)
• Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
• Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
• Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
• Data loss prevention and TLS inspection
• SD-WAN and WAN optimization
• CDN and multi-cloud connectivity
• Quality-of-service controls and SaaS acceleration

SASE modernizes network access by bringing networking and security together into a cloud-delivered architecture.