To secure remote employees, organizations have to find a way of securing hybrid environments where employees can access data and applications. This can be done using a secure service edge. SSE provides security and network services in a single cloud-native platform. It provides continuous security across SaaS, cloud and private applications using a unified policy framework. Access Control Secure Service Edge (SSE) solutions are essential as more employees, partners, and customers access content, data and applications via the internet and mobile devices. SSE protects end users from unauthorized and malicious access, enables secure access to web, cloud, and private applications, and provides digital experience monitoring. SSE, a cloud platform, integrates networking functions and security, including software-defined wide-area network (SDWAN), firewalls as services, secure web portals (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). It provides consistent application and security enforcement for users and locations while providing centralized visibility of traffic. SSE has a zero-trust approach to access control, which is based on user identity. Users are never placed on the corporate networks. This allows for fast and reliable WAN connectivity without the need of a virtual private network (VPN). In addition, a robust defense-in-depth strategy for detecting and preventing malware and other threats is an important part of SSE. Threat Protection SSE offers threat protection for internet sessions, ensuring that users connect securely to critical business applications no matter where they are located. This enables hybrid work for employees, secures cloud and private data connectivity, accelerates cloud migrations and simplifies integration during M&As. Security services are delivered through a cloud platform which can track user-to application connections, irrespective of location or devices. This eliminates gaps between point-products and the need to manually update traditional legacy appliances. Zero trust access: SSE should only allow access to the least privileged users based on zero trust policies, which include user roles and behaviors, devices, applications and content. This reduces the attack surface by preventing lateral movement, protecting applications from discovery and preventing lateral movements. SSE combines unified Threat Prevention capabilities with CASB & ZTNA Technologies to enforce policies on end users no matter what device or location they may be in. This can help mitigate the risks of insider attacks, ransomware or other threats that may occur when employees use cloud applications not in compliance with corporate policy. Data Security Organisations must protect information when remote users and mobile devices connect to data and applications over the Internet. Secure service edge provides security by combining web gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), zero trust network access technologies (ZTNA). SSE provides centralized cloud data protection (DLP), allowing sensitive data be quickly found, classified, then secured in an unified manner. This can help support compliance policies, such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and GDPR. SSE solutions should also include advanced threat prevention features, including cloud firewalls as a service, CASB inspections of data within SaaS apps and adaptive access controls. SSE's adaptive access control identifies the device posture, and adapts access to it as needed. Monitoring It is crucial to monitor Internet sessions when you are working with a Secure Service Edge. This allows you to see how your network is performing and what apps are being used. Monitoring helps you to identify potential problems and protect your business from threats. It can also improve user experience and lower costs. SSE platforms that can inspect web and data traffic at a global scale are crucial. Be sure that the vendor has a strong service level agreement (SLA) and an extensive track record in evaluating traffic for large multinational companies. One of the main use cases for security services edge is the enforcement of policy control over mobile, cloud, and internet access. This can include enforcing corporate internet and access control policies for compliance or mitigating risk through content blocking and malware isolation.