SASE (Cyber Secure Access Service Edge)

TERAGO’s SASE offering is an increasingly relevant requirement for small and medium-sized businesses looking to enhance their cybersecurity posture while optimizing network performance.

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SASE
Cyber Secure Access Service Edge

TERAGO’s SASE offering is an increasingly relevant requirement for small and medium-sized businesses looking to enhance their cybersecurity posture while optimizing network performance.

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SASE Benefits:

Integrated Security and Networking

SASE integrates various security services like secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB), firewall as a service (FWaaS), and secure SD-WAN into a single cloud-delivered service. Simplify your management & reduce costs.

Edge Protection

SASE provides security and policy enforcement directly at the edge of the network, ensuring that all traffic—whether from remote workers or branch offices—is consistently protected.

Cloud-Native Approach

SASE operates on a cloud-native architecture, meaning it can scale easily to meet the growing demands of SMBs without the need for extensive infrastructure investments.

User-Centric Security

With SASE, security policies can be applied based on user identity and context rather than just the location or network, which is crucial in today’s hybrid work environments.

Cost Efficiency

By consolidating multiple security and networking functions into a single service, SMBs can reduce costs associated with managing disparate solutions and improve operational efficiency.

Implementing SASE can significantly enhance cybersecurity capabilities for Small, Medium Businesses & Enterprises by providing comprehensive protection, ensuring compliance, and enabling secure and optimized network connectivity.

Integrated Security and Networking

Edge Protection

SASE provides security and policy enforcement directly at the edge of the network, ensuring that all traffic—whether from remote workers or branch offices—is consistently protected.

Cloud-Native Approach

SASE operates on a cloud-native architecture, meaning it can scale easily to meet the growing demands of SMBs without the need for extensive infrastructure investments.

User-Centric Security

With SASE, security policies can be applied based on user identity and context rather than just the location or network, which is crucial in today’s hybrid work environments.

Cost Efficiency

By consolidating multiple security and networking functions into a single service, SMBs can reduce costs associated with managing disparate solutions and improve operational efficiency.

Implementing SASE can significantly enhance cybersecurity capabilities for SMBs by providing comprehensive protection, ensuring compliance, and enabling secure and optimized network connectivity.

Gap Assessment

Let’s work together to evaluate your organizations security framework & identify improvement areas in security & risk management.

Gap Assessment

Let’s work together to evaluate your organizations security framework & identify improvement areas in security & risk management.

1. Define Scope and Objectives

Scope: Determine which systems, networks, applications, and data will be assessed.
Objectives: Clarify what you want to achieve, such as identifying vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance, or improving overall security posture.

1. Define Scope and Objectives

Scope: Determine which systems, networks, applications, and data will be assessed.
Objectives: Clarify what you want to achieve, such as identifying vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance, or improving overall security posture.

2. Inventory of Assets

Hardware and Software: List all IT assets, including servers, workstations, mobile devices, software applications, and cloud services.
Data: Identify critical data, where it is stored, and how it is accessed.
Users: Identify all users and their access levels to systems and data.

2. Inventory of Assets

Hardware and Software: List all IT assets, including servers, workstations, mobile devices, software applications, and cloud services.
Data: Identify critical data, where it is stored, and how it is accessed.
Users: Identify all users and their access levels to systems and data.

3. Review Existing Security Policies

Policies and Procedures: Assess the adequacy of current security policies, including access control, data protection, incident response, and user training.
Compliance: Ensure that policies align with relevant regulations (e.g.,Law 25, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).

3. Review Existing Security Policies

Policies and Procedures: Assess the adequacy of current security policies, including access control, data protection, incident response, and user training.
Compliance: Ensure that policies align with relevant regulations (e.g.,Law 25, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).

4. Evaluate Security Controls

Network Security: Assess firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS systems, and network segmentation.
Endpoint Security: Review antivirus, anti-malware, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions.
Access Controls: Examine authentication methods, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and privilege management.
Data Protection: Evaluate encryption, data loss prevention (DLP) tools, and backup solutions.
Application Security: Check for vulnerabilities in web applications, mobile apps, and APIs.
Cloud Security: Assess cloud service configurations, security controls, and data handling practices.

4. Evaluate Security Controls

Network Security: Assess firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS systems, and network segmentation.
Endpoint Security: Review antivirus, anti-malware, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions.
Access Controls: Examine authentication methods, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and privilege management.
Data Protection: Evaluate encryption, data loss prevention (DLP) tools, and backup solutions.
Application Security: Check for vulnerabilities in web applications, mobile apps, and APIs.
Cloud Security: Assess cloud service configurations, security controls, and data handling practices.

5. Conduct Vulnerability Scanning

Automated Scans: Use tools to scan networks, systems, and applications for known vulnerabilities.
Penetration Testing: Simulate attacks to identify potential exploit paths and weaknesses in defenses.

5. Conduct Vulnerability Scanning

Automated Scans: Use tools to scan networks, systems, and applications for known vulnerabilities.
Penetration Testing: Simulate attacks to identify potential exploit paths and weaknesses in defenses.

6. Assess Security Awareness

Employee Training: Evaluate the effectiveness of current security awareness training.
Phishing Tests: Conduct simulated phishing attacks to measure employee susceptibility.

6. Assess Security Awareness

Employee Training: Evaluate the effectiveness of current security awareness training.
Phishing Tests: Conduct simulated phishing attacks to measure employee susceptibility.

7. Incident Response and Recovery

Incident Response Plan: Review the existing plan for dealing with security breaches.
Disaster Recovery: Assess the effectiveness of backup and disaster recovery strategies.

7. Incident Response and Recovery

Incident Response Plan: Review the existing plan for dealing with security breaches.
Disaster Recovery: Assess the effectiveness of backup and disaster recovery strategies.

8. Analyze Findings

Risk Assessment: Prioritize identified gaps based on the likelihood of exploitation and potential impact.
Gap Analysis: Compare current security measures against industry standards and best practices.

8. Analyze Findings

Risk Assessment: Prioritize identified gaps based on the likelihood of exploitation and potential impact.
Gap Analysis: Compare current security measures against industry standards and best practices.

9. Develop a Remediation Plan

Immediate Actions: Address critical vulnerabilities that pose the highest risk.
Long-Term Improvements: Plan for enhancements to policies, technologies, and employee training.
Resource Allocation: Identify the resources needed to implement the remediation plan.

9. Develop a Remediation Plan

Immediate Actions: Address critical vulnerabilities that pose the highest risk.
Long-Term Improvements: Plan for enhancements to policies, technologies, and employee training.
Resource Allocation: Identify the resources needed to implement the remediation plan.

10. Report and Monitor

Documentation: Create a comprehensive report detailing the findings, risks, and recommendations.
Ongoing Monitoring: Implement continuous monitoring tools to detect and respond to new threats.
Review Cycle: Regularly reassess security posture to adapt to evolving threats.

10. Report and Monitor

Documentation: Create a comprehensive report detailing the findings, risks, and recommendations.
Ongoing Monitoring: Implement continuous monitoring tools to detect and respond to new threats.
Review Cycle: Regularly reassess security posture to adapt to evolving threats.

By systematically identifying and addressing security gaps, SMBs can strengthen their defenses, reduce the risk of breaches, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.

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