The shift to cloud computing, remote work, evolving work habits, and a more tech-savvy workforce has redefined how and where users access applications and critical resources. These changes are driving a transformation in enterprise networks to provide a consistent and secure user experience. This briefing will delve into the convergence of networking and security through Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and the security-focused capabilities of Security Service Edge (SSE), highlighting how your organization can prepare to leverage SASE or SSE to achieve secure, business-critical outcomes.

A successful cloud journey rests upon the foundation of a well-planned cloud network architecture. With cloud's rapid acceleration comes new networking requirements and capabilities, which requires us to periodically re-evaluate our current architecture. <br><Br> This briefing will discuss new cloud networking platforms that simplify the architecture and reduce the operational complexity of traditional native approaches to networking. These new approaches provide a simplified operational model, multicloud visibility, integrated network processes across cloud providers and leverage software-defined cloud networking: a new capability that provides you software-defined connectivity with control over routing, switching and security.

This briefing incorporates the AWS Transit Gateway and Palo Alto firewalls to demonstrate the architectures as provided in the Securing Applications with AWS Transit Gateway guide from Palo Alto. The briefing is built entirely using Terraform code to demonstrate the power of automation.

Most organizations now operate in a hybrid multicloud world. The divide between cloud, edge and on-premises is blurring and organizations need flexible options for connecting, and interconnecting, in a way that transforms their business. Modern application services architectures and digital exchange points are causing enterprises to rethink their infrastructure connectivity strategy. Add in the complexity of regionally or globally distributed workforce, and the challenges are further compounded. Developing a robust enterprise connectivity solution that serves all these factors can be challenging and may require your organization to evaluate new aspects such as modern interconnection strategies. WWT's experts can help you sort through the available options, providing experience-based insights into your unique connectivity strategy and accelerating the decision process through engineer-tested architectures.