A top SASE solution for centralized security management
Secure every user, device, and resource with a unified secure access service edge (SASE) platform. NordLayer brings networking and security together in one cloud-native solution, making access easier to manage and your business easier to protect – wherever work happens.
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SASE OVERVIEW
What is SASE?
Secure access service edge (SASE) is a cloud-native framework that combines networking and security capabilities in one service. It typically brings together SD-WAN, zero-trust network access (ZTNA), secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB), and firewall as a service (FWaaS). SASE helps businesses replace disconnected security tools, apply consistent access policies, and securely connect users to applications and data from any location.
ONE UNIFIED PLATFORM
Build a stronger SASE architecture with NordLayer
NordLayer verifies users, enforces access policies, encrypts connections, and protects access to business resources – all managed from one platform.
Zero-trust network access (ZTNA)
Zero trust follows a “never trust, always verify” approach to network access. Every user and device must be authenticated before access is granted, helping ensure they can only reach the resources they are authorized to use.
Firewall as a service (FWaaS)
FWaaS protects your cloud-based network perimeter by applying predefined access rules. It allows or blocks traffic based on the user, destination, port, or protocol, helping prevent unauthorized access.
Secure web gateway (SWG)
SWG makes internet access safer by enforcing web security policies and supporting data protection against unauthorized access or transfer. NordLayer uses web protection, application blocker, and category-based DNS filtering to block malicious or inappropriate websites.
Cloud access service broker (CASB)
NordLayer supports network security with CASB capabilities that combine threat prevention and data encryption with IAM and SSO integrations, helping organizations control access to critical resources and protect sensitive data.
Device posture security
Employees often access company resources remotely from different devices. NordLayer’s device posture monitoring checks the security status of each device, helping admins identify risks and control access based on device health.
NORDLAYER REVIEWS
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NordLayer has been very accommodating in terms of our needs. They are flexible to cater timing of payments and also providing exclusive support
Everything is super efficient and easy: negociations, setup, dashboard, accounting, support
Very easy to set up and use and is very reliable. There are good security options to enable the configuration comply with security policies.
NordLayer in numbers
15,000+
Businesses protected
10 min
Average time to deploy
40+
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SASE USE CASES
Solve real security challenges with SASE
NordLayer combines secure access, zero-trust controls, network protection, and centralized management to help reduce risk, improve visibility, and protect work wherever it happens.
Prevent unauthorized access
SaaS security integrates business data protection and user privacy into popular applications such as Slack, Jira, Confluence, and Zendesk. NordLayer also ensures easy user access control, network segmentation, and data traffic encryption.
Strengthen threat protection
NordLayer automatically blocks access to untrusted and malicious websites, helping prevent malware, phishing attempts, and other cyber threats from reaching users, compromising their devices, or exposing company data.
Reduce security complexity
As businesses rely more on cloud services and distributed work, managing security across users, devices, and resources becomes more complex. NordLayer helps employees securely and seamlessly connect to company resources from anywhere.
Connect remote devices securely
With cloud LAN, admins can connect to remote devices with minimal user interference and fix things straight away. Users can be on opposite sides of the globe and remain linked, as long as both devices have the NordLayer client installed and are connected to a private gateway with cloud LAN capabilities turned on.
Optimize network performance
Fewer hops can mean lower network latency, better performance, and fewer opportunities for threat actors to exploit network traffic. NordLynx is a next-generation VPN protocol that offers improved connections, faster speeds, and stronger security measures than other VPN protocols, including WireGuard.
Support cloud adoption
Cloud migrations reduce IT overhead, increase business agility, enable remote work, and allow innovative companies to grow. NordLayer helps organizations move to the cloud and maintain security levels, allowing businesses of all sizes to safely and effectively exploit the cloud’s benefits.
Secure hybrid work
NordLayer provides the tools that keep remote workers’ data secure, no matter where they are. The right combination of technologies – including identity proofing, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, virtual private networks, adaptive authentication, and visitor management – makes this possible and easy.
SASE BENEFITS
NordLayer SASE: more security, less complexity
By combining networking and security capabilities in a single, cloud-native platform, businesses can reduce complexity while strengthening protection across users, devices, and applications.
Improved user experience and connectivity
Give employees fast, reliable access to the tools and resources they need, helping them stay productive without unnecessary friction.
Stronger security with unified access controls
Apply consistent identity- and device-based policies to control who can access company resources and under what conditions.
Reduced complexity and lowered costs
Manage networking and security with one SASE solution, reducing tool sprawl, administrative effort, and infrastructure costs.
Put NordLayer SASE to work for your business
Protect users, devices, and business resources with a SASE solution that is actually simple to deploy and manage.
KNOWLEDGE HUB
Learn more about SASE
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Frequently asked questions
SASE stands for secure access service edge. In cybersecurity, it is a cloud-based framework that combines networking and security capabilities, such as SD-WAN, ZTNA, SWG, CASB, and FWaaS, to secure access for users, devices, applications, and data from any location.
SASE is important because it helps businesses secure access to applications, data, and networks across cloud, remote, and hybrid environments. By combining networking and security controls in one cloud-based framework, SASE solutions improve visibility, reduce tool complexity, and give organizations greater control over who can access company resources. NordLayer helps businesses adopt key SASE capabilities while supporting secure remote access, scalability, and easier security management.
As stated by security experts at Gartner, SASE combines several different security components to ensure that businesses have the greatest available level of control over the integrity of their networks. Based on the zero-trust principles, SASE protects remote workers, data, and cloud resources, whether they are inside or outside the network.
SASE is used as a comprehensive security framework to protect business networks, users accessing them, and the critical data and resources inside the network perimeter.
SASE security helps address the access, visibility, and threat protection challenges posed by cloud adoption, remote work, and distributed networks. It reduces reliance on disconnected tools, improves visibility, enforces consistent access policies, protects users and data from threats, and simplifies secure access to applications and resources from any location.
SD-WANs are responsible for channeling traffic across the network via data centers. Whilst also cloud-based, SASE is a framework where data traveling across the network is consistently inspected for authenticity. SASE provides a far more secure and efficient method for ensuring secure remote access to business networks for remote users. This is achieved by incorporating SD-WAN into its cloud service, which is ideal for distributed workforces across the world, as many businesses today are made up of.
SASE combines networking and security in one cloud-based architecture, while SSE focuses only on security services. SSE typically includes ZTNA, SWG, CASB, and FWaaS, but not SD-WAN. In simple terms, SSE is the security component of SASE, while SASE brings both secure connectivity and security together.
The 4 main security components of SASE are zero-trust network access (ZTNA), secure web gateway (SWG), cloud access security broker (CASB), and firewall as a service (FWaaS). Together, they control access, secure web traffic, protect cloud applications, and enforce network security policies. SASE also typically includes SD-WAN to provide optimized connectivity.