SASE: connect and protect, as one

One managed service that brings your connectivity and security together, helping keep users and sites connected and protected wherever they work.

Built from Zen-managed SD-WAN and Cisco Secure Access.

SD-WAN + Secure Access · managed by Zen

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What is SASE?

Networking and security, brought together

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) brings wide-area networking and cloud-delivered security together, so you can connect and protect users, sites, devices and applications through one consistent architecture — managed by Zen.

It’s an architecture and a journey, not a single product to buy or a rip-and-replace programme. You reach it by combining SD-WAN with Secure Access.

Connect
Managed SD-WAN

The networking foundation

  • Resilient, application-aware connectivity
  • Cisco Catalyst or Merak
  • Managed end to end by Zen

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Protect
Secure Access (SSE)

Cloud-delivered security

  • DNS Defence — block threats early
  • Secure Internet Access — internet & SaaS
  • Secure Private Access — private apps

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Combine
SASE

Networking + security, as one

  • Consistent policy across users and sites
  • One console and one support line
  • Simpler to run day to day

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What it protects

Networking and security are converging

Networking and security have traditionally been bought and managed separately. That’s changing as organisations look to reduce the number of point products and platforms they need to manage. SASE brings networking and cloud-delivered security into a single architecture, helping simplify how the two work together.

Networking & security converge · run separately, they leave gaps between the network and the controls meant to protect it.
Point products consolidate · fewer suppliers and consoles cut cost, complexity and blind spots.

The architecture

How it fits together

Between your people and the applications they use sits one Zen-managed fabric. Each connection travels on the best available path via SD-WAN, while Secure Access applies the right security policy — consistently, every time.

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Protect against

Layered protection at every access path

Users now connect from office, homes and mobile locations, often accessing cloud services directly. That makes consistent protection harder to achieve through a traditional network perimeter alone. SASE brings networking and cloud-delivered security together so protection can follow users, traffic and applications across different paths.

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Phishing & malicious domains

Most attacks start with a click, increasingly AI-crafted. DNS Defence helps block them before a connection is made.

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Malware & risky web/SaaS

Secure Internet Access applies cloud-delivered controls to internet and SaaS traffic, wherever people work.

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Over-broad access

Secure Private Access gives least-privilege access to specific apps, limiting how far any threat can spread.

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Unprotected direct paths

Roaming users and direct breakout bypass the central firewall — SASE helps keep those paths protected.

Why Zen

One partner, end to end

Zen can design, deliver and manage both the networking and security elements of SASE, giving you one UK-based team across the whole architecture.

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Independent & UK-owned

A British provider you deal with directly, not a chain of resellers.

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Cisco-recognised

Cisco Customer Experience Specialisation and SMB & Mid-Market recognition.

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Which? Recommended

Recognised for service quality by Which?.

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Certified B Corp

Independently verified for high social and environmental standards.

Connectivity

Built on connectivity — ours, or yours

SASE depends on the connectivity beneath it, and networking has been at the heart of Zen for decades. We operate our own UK network and can provide a range of options to support your SD-WAN.

Full fibre

High-speed FTTP for demanding sites.

Ethernet & leased lines

Dedicated, uncontended bandwidth.

Business broadband

Cost-effective connectivity at scale.

4G & 5G

Rapid deployment and resilient backup.

MPLS & IP VPN

Private connectivity where it still fits.

Prefer to keep your existing circuits? SD-WAN works over any connection — so you can mix Zen and third-party links for even greater flexibility and resilience.

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