SASE Flow

A SASE session flow is a decision-making matrix that allows packets to flow across the secure network connection in the SASE session. If an answer isn’t provided for any of the interrogation process decisions, the packet is blocked and the session is ended. When the session is terminated, the authentication process is required for the next session, which ensures security measures are not violated.

MEF 70.1 defines an Application Flow Specification (AFS) as “A named set of application flow criteria.” The AFS is a key attribute for the SASE service to use in determining specific application behaviors. Via pre-identification, the SASE service creates an understanding of any predicted behavior that may be analyzed in flight to understand when non-predicted behavior occurs. Non-standard or non-predicted behavior triggers a security response to terminate bad actor communications. By terminating the session, good actor communication may reestablish communications...