As employees use hybrid work environments to access applications and information, organizations must secure remote workers. Secure service edges can help with this. SSE, a cloud-native platform that integrates security and networking into one platform, is a cloud architecture. This allows security to be covered across SaaS cloud applications, private applications and cloud services from a single policy. Access Control In an era where more employees are accessing content, data, applications and resources on the web or via mobile devices, having a secure service-edge (SSE), comprehensive solution is vital. SSE protects against unauthorized or malicious access and allows users to access web, cloud, private, and other applications securely. SSE is a cloud-based platform that integrates networking and security functions, such as software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), firewall as a service, secure web gateways (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB), and zero trust network access (ZTNA). It offers consistent application and security enforcement across locations and users while delivering centralized visibility into traffic. SSE is also equipped with a zero-trust access control system based on identity. This means that users are never put on the network. This ensures fast, reliable WAN connections without the need for a VPN. SSE includes a strong defense-in-depth approach for detecting malware and other threats. Threat Protection SSE is a threat protection solution for internet sessions. Users can securely access critical business applications from anywhere. This enables hybrid-work for employees, secures data and cloud connectivity, accelerates migrations to the cloud, and simplifies M&A integration. The cloud platform can deliver security services to users regardless of their location or device. This reduces the risk of a breach by removing gaps between point solutions and eliminating the need for manually updating traditional legacy appliances. Zero trust access. SSE systems are designed to allow the least-privileged user access. This is based on an zero trust policy that includes device, application, and content. This protects against lateral movement while preventing applications from being found, reducing attack surfaces. SSE enforces corporate policies for all users regardless of their location in the network, or device they use. This helps mitigate the risk of insider threats, ransomware and other threats that can occur when employees connect to sensitive data or use cloud applications that are not compliant with corporate policies. Data Security The information of remote and portable users is important to organizations. Secure service-edge delivers security using web gateway (SWG), zero-trust network (ZTNA), and cloud access security broker technologies. SSE offers cloud-based data loss protection capabilities that allow sensitive data to easily be found, classified and secured. This can be used to support compliance policies like the 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. You can see how well your network performs and which apps are being used. Monitoring can help to protect your business by spotting potential problems in advance and preventing them from happening. You can improve the user experience while reducing costs. SSE platforms capable of inspecting web and data trafic on a large scale are critical. Choose a vendor with strong service agreements (SLAs) that has evaluated inline traffic on behalf of large multinationals. The primary use case for a security edge is to enforce policies over cloud, internet and mobile access. It can be used to enforce corporate internet policies and access controls for compliance, or mitigate risk by blocking content and isolating malware.