# Managed Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) **Simplified edge security, improved access** Managed SASE maximizes the security of your IT landscape at the edge, as ever-growing levels of distributed applications and users are deployed, providing the critical elements needed for a consistent secure experience for users needing optimized access to their applications. ## With Managed SASE users can access their cloud resources quickly, easily, and securely, regardless of location or device. The last decade brought massive transformation in how and where we work, as well as how we access and use applications and data. For a long time how we did this was simple. Everything was centralized – data, applications, with most users working out of central locations. Now, with the evolution of the cloud, the script has been flipped – everything is distributed and more complex, requiring a new approach to secure direct user access from anywhere to highly dispersed applications. ## Benefits of Managed SASE - **Reduced Cost and Complexity** - Key security elements packaged into a single, fully managed solution, providing significant time and cost savings. - **Location Agnostic** - Provide users with the same experience whether they are in the office, traveling, or working from home in a hybrid environment. - **Increased Reliability** - Boost reliability with secure, direct application access that minimizes latency, service interruptions, and consistently outperforms traditional networks. - **Elasticity** - An architecture that can easily grow with your business and offers the flexibility to expand upon an existing SD-WAN or Identity as a Service implementation. - **Policy-Based** - Provide Zero Trust Network Access that is routinely re-verified and configured through centrally-managed policies to help ensure maximum edge security. ## The Components of Managed SASE Managed SASE centralizes four key security elements into a single platform and leverages [SD-WAN](https://www.cox.com/business/networking/sd-wan.html) with its associated transport service. - **Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)** - A collection of security features including URL filtering and intrusion prevention, protects cloud-based networks, infrastructure and applications against cyberthreats. - **Secure Web Gateway (SWG)** - Prevents unprotected Internet traffic from reaching a network, protecting organizations and employees from malicious online traffic, viruses and malware. - **Cloud Access Security Broker** - Protect your cloud applications with advanced data controls, policy administration and real-time threat detection. - **Zero Trust Network Access** - Continuously verify users and devices to ensure secure network access to only the resources users need. ## Looking to improve your network security and edge access? **Contact Cox Business** Reach out today to learn how Cox Business can help you improve your security posture, while increasing remote and edge access, through one, unified approach. [Request Consultation](https://www.cox.com/business/contact-us/contact-enterprise-sales.html)