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SD-WAN and Digital Transformation

How to secure digital transformation through hybrid networks


Alfonso Martinez, Consultant Sales Engineer, EMEA
September 2017

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AGENDA
What do we mean by Digital Transformation and why are hybrid networks and
secure SD-WAN attracting interest?

Advantages and disadvantages of SD-WANs

The security control burden

How FORCEPOINT NGFW addresses these challenges

Q&A

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WHAT DO WE MEAN BY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION?
Traditional networks have evolved to facilitate digital transformation:
• Hybrid Networks
• SD-WANS

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CLOUD
SYSTEMS

REMOTE
BRANCHES

MAIN
OFFICES

VIRTUALIZED
DATA CENTERS

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A changing tech
landscape
Where once wide area networks were all about
leased lines and, more recently, MPLS
(Multiprotocol Label Switching) services and
private VPN technologies, now there’s a whole
load of possibilities.

Everything from Carrier Ethernet to the


increasing use of regular broadband including
3G/4G mobile services, regularly employed by
46 percent of survey respondents.

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SD-WANs – the good

The benefits of hybrid networking aren’t that difficult to


understand, in particular when it comes to the most
common setup where MPLS is combined with ADSL or
other regular broadband services.

Once considered the gold standard for corporate WAN


connectivity, MPLS offers a high degree of security and
valuable performance guarantees but, as a mostly
outsourced solution it can be expensive, disruptive to
install and, due to encryption overheads, it can lead to
performance bottlenecks.

MPLS services can also be slow to provision and


modify in response to changes in demand, whereas
regular ADSL and other broadband services are both
cheaper and, in the main, a lot more agile, as confirmed
when we asked survey respondents to identify the
advantages of the SD-WAN approach as they saw
them.

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SD-WANS – THE NOT SO GOOD
Complexity
Security

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SD-WAN SECURITY CHALLENGES

Traffic Confidentiality
Ipsec VPN or SSL VPN
Information is protected with encryption
• Different SD-WAN lines have varying levels of security

SD-WAN Manageability
Number of WAN links is high
Security Needs centralized management
• Can be resource intensive

Highest Availability
Keeping Business Running
Several SD-WAN links and link types combined
• Maintenance breaks and unexpected outages

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SECURE SD-WAN – HIGH AVAILABILITY FOR MULTI-ISP NETWORKS

3/4G
VOIP
XDSL MPLS
WEB FORCEPOINT BROADBAND
FIBER
ERP SECURE SD-WAN
BACKUP SATELLITE
FTP
CABLE

High High High


Efficiency Availability Security
 Centrally Managed  Always-on  Policy-based
 Optimized Bandwidth  Active-Active Performance  Inspected
 Controlled Costs  Encrypted

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Availability & Scalability

Network resiliency and cost savings

Regular

90%
ISP 1 DSL 1
3/4G Traffic &
Back-up
ISP 2
Cable
DSL 2 links Up to
Multi-Link
ISP N
IPsec VPN
MPLS
Critical
Traffic
Savings on
MPLS costs
Multi-Link Augmented VPN Alternative to MPLS
Business Continuity Flexibility Cost Savings
• Transparent failover • Supports multiple access • Provider and technology
• Load-balancing technologies independent
or back-up links • QoS support • Add bandwidth easily
• Security • Optimize bandwidth usage

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MULTI-LINK TECHNOLOGY

 Enterprise-class performance
 Scalable and resilient site-to-site
connectivity over multiple links and ISPs Remote
 Support for ISP load balancing 2Mbps Site

 Supports multiple access HQ


technologies including DSL, MPLS, 3G
 Bandwidth management with QoS
+
Remote
2Mbps Site

+
Up to 90%
Savings on
2Mbps = up to 6Mbps

MPLS costs

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SD-WAN CONNECTIVITY

Data Center-Edge-Branch-Cloud

Instant-setup VPNs – drag & drop

Migration from backhauling to direct-to-Cloud

Modular network interface options

 Simplifies new business processes


Consistent capabilities, policies, management everywhere

 Boosts Business Productivity


Keeps access safe to data/apps wherever needed

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Deployment data from IDC Research

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