In an exciting new partnership, Netskope and Sify are delivering a cutting-edge, cloud-native managed Security Access Service Edge (SASE) solution tailored for mid to large enterprises. As organizations accelerate cloud adoption, embrace hybrid work models, and manage the proliferation of cloud applications and IoT devices, their digital attack surfaces expand and the need for high-performance, many-to-many connectivity increases. Traditional IT security and network architectures simply can’t keep up.

Enterprises today require a unified SASE solution that not only manages cybersecurity risks but also facilitates branch and zero trust transformation. Netskope and Sify offer a comprehensive managed SASE solution, combining Netskope’s Borderless SD-WAN and Intelligent SSE with Sify’s expert network and security services. This unified managed SASE platform ensures seamless, secure, and high-performing network and security infrastructure globally, extending IT security and networking services beyond corporate boundaries—from any enterprise edge to where users are located.

Complete SASE Solution builds a strong foundation for managed SASE offering

Netskope has been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE) for the third consecutive year. SSE encompasses essential security capabilities for building a successful SASE architecture. Netskope One is a cloud-native platform that offers converged security and networking services to enable your Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) and zero trust transformation. Using its patented Zero Trust Engine, Intelligent Security Service Edge (SSE), Borderless SD-WAN, and the NewEdge network, Netskope One makes it easy for you to defend your business and protect your valuable data while delivering a phenomenal user experience.

Sify offers a comprehensive suite of networking and security solutions to optimize enterprise connectivity and protect digital assets. By uniquely assessing each customer’s needs, Sify leverages Netskope’s One SASE platform components, including Borderless SD-WAN and Intelligent SSE, to recommend tailored networking and security services, ensuring seamless integration, testing, and ongoing support through its SASE Professional services.

The Netskope and Sify partnership leverages the following four essential components to build a robust managed SASE architecture using Netskope One Platform:

Netskope Intelligent SSE:Safeguard your enterprise completely with Netskope’s cloud-delivered SSE services. Utilizing zero trust principles and AI, these services govern access, protect data, stop threats, and enable secure work-from-anywhere connectivity through Netskope’s integrated modules, including Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), Cloud Firewall, SSPM, and Digital Experience Management (DEM).
Netskope Borderless SD-WAN:Provides secure, reliable connectivity for every site, cloud, remote user, or IoT device, powered by Netskope One Gateway appliance, that supports the widest range of deployment options, including cellular gateways, micro to large branch, data center and multi-cloud environments. Netskope One Gateway consolidates disjointed appliances and offers multiple services like Routing, WiFi, SD-WAN, App FW, IPS, IoT Device Intelligence, P-DEM and Edge compute, along with a seamless on-ramp to Netskope Intelligent SSE.
Netskope NewEdge:Realize the power of Netskope SASE with one network that boasts the industry’s broadest geographic reach with over 74 regions globally offering full compute SASE capabilities within each data center, ensuring high-performance on-ramps to all web, cloud, SaaS, and private apps.
Netskope Zero Trust Engine:Decodes tens of thousands of apps and cloud services to understand content and context, including application and application risks, device and device risks, and user and user risks and builds granular and more effective SASE policies across Netskope Intelligent SSE and Borderless SD-WAN, leaving no security gaps and delivering an exceptional user experience

Addressing Customer Use Cases To Fuel Growth

As we envision the future of technology-enabled workspaces, SASE will be the cornerstone for organizations looking to stay ahead. Netskope and Sify are here to turn that vision into reality with their managed SASE services by offering the following use cases.

Modernize SaaS Security With AI-powered Transformation: Delivers unified zero trust access to web, cloud, and private applications, ensuring visibility and control. With Netskope Intelligent SSE, organizations are secured against advanced threats, safeguard data across all vectors, and enjoy a fast user experience.
Transform Remote Work and Fully Replace VPN: Eliminates the need for separate remote access solutions, simplifies access management, and reduces security risks, all while ensuring seamless, optimized access with ZTNA Next to all private apps, regardless of device or location. With Netskope One Client, which uniquely integrates ZTNA and SD-WAN, organizations can consolidate multiple agents and empower their hybrid workforce without compromising security or performance.
Modernize Connectivity For Branch Transformation: Modernize branch connectivity with Next Gen SASE Branch, offering visibility and control over 80,000 SaaS applications. Automatically discover and categorize all IoT devices using AI/ML to detect breaches and dynamically micro-segment devices. Integrate Borderless SD-WAN within the NewEdge network to ensure high-performance data paths from any branch, data center, or remote user to any cloud, SaaS, or UCaaS application.

Unlock the Full Potential of Your Business with the Netskope and Sify Partnership

MSPs like Sify offer tailored managed SASE solutions powered by Netskope, providing ease of customer consumption. By considering each customer’s specific needs, business type, industry, and growth plans, they deliver an effective approach to SASE adoption. Here are three key reasons why Sify’s managed SASE solution with Netskope’s unified SASE is ideal for your organization:

Cost Efficiency To Manage Tightening Budgets: A managed service model eliminates hefty initial investments and reduces management overhead. By adopting Sify’s managed SASE solution, organizations can free up in-house IT teams for more value-driven tasks. The predictable OPEX model also facilitates better financial planning for future expansions.
Access to Advanced SASE Expertise: The Sify and Netskope partnership offers highly skilled experts to deploy both Netskope One Client for remote users and Netskope One Gateway appliances for branch offices. By implementing Netskope’s SASE capabilities and best practices, Sify helps organizations comply with government regulations, protect customer data, and ensure business continuity with minimal downtime.
Rapid Deployment and Issue Resolution: Leveraging their partnership with Netskope and extensive experience across various industries and verticals, Sify can address common and uncommon network and security issues more effectively than many in-house IT teams. This adaptability and flexibility result in faster, more cost-effective deployments and quicker issue resolution.

In summary, the partnership between Netskope and Sify offers a comprehensive managed SASE solution, empowering enterprises to overcome today’s network and security challenges. By combining Netskope’s advanced SASE capabilities with Sify’s managed services expertise, we address key customer use cases to drive growth, reduce cost and complexity with a managed SASE offering. With Sify’s ability to tailor solutions to each customer’s specific needs and Netskope’s unified SASE platform, your organization can stay ahead in the ever-evolving cybersecurity and technological landscape.

Discover more about the innovative solutions from the Netskope and Sify partnership.

Learn how Netskope can accelerate your SASE journey, transform your networks, and elevate your security with Netskope One platform. Curious about how we are helping customers transform their branches with Netskope Next Gen SASE Branch solution, watch this webinar.