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DTM: How does SSE put cloud and data security first?

Gurinder: SSE is important because it's the biggest change to cyber security in a decade.

Security Service Edge evolved as a solution to many unsolved challenges by converging
technologies such as VPN, DLP, SWG, ZTNA, CASB, and managed SaaS applications into a single
platform offered by a single vendor. Organizations can increase their business agility, reduce
their risk in both data and threats, and simplify operations and decrease costs, thus improving

the user experience.

DTM: What are the challenges to realizing SSE?

Gurinder:

Data Residency compliances form an Many SSE solutions have limited open
important aspect of the SSE solution, and most integration and partner ecosystem with
of the vendors are still struggling to adhere to existing 3rd party solutions, which is not

the same. healthy for the overall SSE solution strategy.

Many SSE vendors are still offering superficial Several vendors are still struggling to provide
and piece-meal traditional DLP controls. all the required SSE critical capabilities in their

A large number of vendors promise the SSE portfolios.
solution without proper zero trust controls in

their framework and solution.

MAY 2022