Local telco provider StarHub has launched its Managed Secure Access Service Edge (Managed SASE) service in partnership with global cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks. StarHub Managed SASE offers enterprises in Singapore a modern cyber security and digital networking solution to address the challenges brought about by today’s increasingly distributed workforce.
SASE, which was first coined by IT research and advisory firm Gartner just under two years ago, has been under the spotlight as enterprises accelerate digital transformation in the post-pandemic world.
Combined with cloud-delivered security platform Prisma Access from Palo Alto Networks, StarHub Managed SASE helps enterprises to simplify and automate cyber threat protection and multi-site network management as they operate with and connect through various cloud environments. With this integrated offering fully managed by StarHub, enterprises can strengthen their security posture expeditiously while reducing networking complexities and costs.
Through an easy-to-use online portal, enterprises can fortify their network perimeter and achieve consistent threat prevention, web filtering, DNS security, and data protection policies across their entire infrastructure.
StarHub Managed SASE works by bringing advanced security defences, such as firewalls and malware threat protection, into the cloud. Transparent to users, this new distributed security approach enables all internet traffic to be scanned and threats to be detected right at the edge of their infrastructure where their workforce is, in real-time and over any wired or wireless connectivity.
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With this, remote working is safer as employees are able to retain the ability to access corporate applications and resources with the same ease and security as they would have back in the office, without sacrificing performance and productivity. There is no need for traffic to be routed back to corporate headquarters security systems via Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), reducing the reliance on on-premise hardware and keeping capital expenditure in check.
StarHub’s chief of Enterprise Business Group Charlie Chan says, “We recognise that due to the massive shift to remote work, enterprise security and IT teams are re-strategising and transforming their infrastructure to serve more people accessing corporate systems from wherever they are, often over unsecured connections.”
“In response, we are challenging traditional hardware-based security and network designs in collaboration with Palo Alto Networks, to offer our enterprise customers significantly simpler and more flexible security, managed as a service. By moving to the cloud with StarHub, enterprises can deploy customisable security policies company-wide and scale network resources up or down according to bandwidth demands, all without the hassle of hardware ownership and managing multiple vendors,” adds Chan.
As at 12.00pm, shares in StarHub are trading at $1.23.
