Episode 115 — SASE and SSE: tying controls to users, devices, and apps
SASE and SSE appear in CloudNetX because hybrid work and cloud adoption reduce the effectiveness of perimeter-centric designs, and scenarios often require choosing architectures that enforce consistent policy regardless of user location. This episode defines SASE as an approach that combines networking and security capabilities delivered as a service, and it defines SSE as the security-focused subset that includes controls such as secure web gateway, CASB, and ZTNA. The first paragraph focuses on the design intent: attach controls to users, devices, and applications rather than to a fixed location, enabling consistent enforcement for remote users, branch locations, and cloud services. It explains how this model reduces the need for complex appliance stacks at each site, but it also introduces new dependencies such as edge service availability, identity integration, and careful traffic steering to avoid performance degradation.
