{"id":54276,"date":"2023-10-24T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3709051\/versa-extends-sase-platform-to-the-lan-edge.html#tk.rss_security"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:56:00","slug":"versa-extends-sase-platform-to-the-lan-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/versa-extends-sase-platform-to-the-lan-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Versa extends SASE platform to the LAN edge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Versa Networks has bumped up its secure access service edge (SASE<\/a>) software with a variety of features, including AI to help customers better manage LAN resources at the edge of their networks.<\/p>\n

The company announced Versa SD-LAN, a software package that the company says will let customers integrate security, switching, routing, network and AI management services on approved white box Ethernet switches and access points.<\/p>\n

\u201cVersa Secure SD-LAN is built as an extension of Versa\u2019s Unified SASE<\/a> platform, so it shares the same management console, policy repository, and data lake as our Versa Secure SD-WAN<\/a>, cloud, and data center products,\u201d according to Kevin Sheu, vice president of product marketing with Versa.  <\/p>\n

The Versa Secure SD-WAN provides a range of networking capabilities, including packet steering and packet loss reduction. Secure SD-WAN is part of Versa\u2019s broader SASE platform, which runs the Versa Operating System (VOS) and integrates networking and security services into a platform that supports cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Versa SASE includes VPN, secure SD-WAN, edge compute protection, next-generation firewall, firewall as a service (FWaaS<\/a>), secure web gateway (SWG), data leak protection, zero-trust network access (ZTNA<\/a>), and cloud access security broker (CASB).<\/p>\n

The goal with SD-LAN is to eliminate the need to stitch together a fragmented set of point products that lack business flexibility, and disjointed box-by-box configuration and management that is onerous and error prone. In addition, traditional LAN architectures continue to use outdated perimeter-oriented security that implicitly trusts users and allows them to access all resources on the network, Sheu said. The SD-LAN package is looking to eliminate those issues and more, Sheu said.<\/p>\n

On the zero-trust front, the software lets customers set up local access policies that can be adjusted based on identity, user or device posture, and the specific application being accessed, Sheu said.  <\/p>\n