White Paper | The Hybrid SASE Advantage

Discover how a hybrid SASE architecture improves network security, privacy, and performance. Learn why combining cloud-delivered Zero Trust Access with device-based protection can provide faster, more secure internet access.

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The Hybrid SASE Advantage A hybrid approach to faster, more private network security

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Cloud computing revolutionized the way business operates. It made company resources available

worldwide, IT teams could easily scale on demand, and it reduced the time spent maintaining legacy

equipment.

The cloud set the groundwork for the hybrid revolution, and it permanently changed the cybersecurity

industry. Cloud-based VPNs with global availability cropped up everywhere for business and

consumer use. Security workload processing and analysis moved off the local device and into the

cloud, where more robust engines could distribute intelligence worldwide and enhance security with

machine learning.

The cloud also dramatically improved network security thanks to the rise of Secure Access Service

Edge (SASE), a sector most analysts believe will see major growth and adoption in the coming years.

26.0% $28.5B 10x SASE market CAGR

over five years Projected SASE

market by 2028

Faster internet

security vs.

competition

Source: Gartner market projection for SASE, 2024–2028.

Cloud is an amazing tool, but it is not perfect for every purpose. There are cases where the cloud

should be augmented or even substituted with different approaches.

The Check Point Point-of-View

That is why Check Point SASE is focused on hybrid architecture, embracing the cloud when it makes sense and sets it aside when it does not.

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Cloud computing revolutionized the way business operates. It made company resources available

worldwide, IT teams could easily scale on demand, and it reduced the time spent maintaining legacy

equipment.

The cloud set the groundwork for the hybrid revolution, and it permanently changed the cybersecurity

industry. Cloud-based VPNs with global availability cropped up everywhere for business and

consumer use. Security workload processing and analysis moved off the local device and into the

cloud, where more robust engines could distribute intelligence worldwide and enhance security with

machine learning.

The cloud also dramatically improved network security thanks to the rise of Secure Access Service

Edge (SASE), a sector most analysts believe will see major growth and adoption in the coming years.

26.0% SASE market CAGR

over five years

$28.5B Projected SASE market by 2028

10x Faster internet

security vs. competition

Source: Gartner market projection for SASE, 2024–2028.

Cloud is an amazing tool, but it is not perfect for every purpose. There are cases where the cloud

should be augmented or even substituted with different approaches.

The Check Point Point-of-View

That is why Check Point SASE is focused on hybrid architecture, embracing the cloud when it makes sense and sets it aside when it does not.

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01 The Cloud-Only Security Paradigm

Cloud-only security products do all their major operations in the cloud. They typically have an agent

running on the local device: laptop, desktop, or mobile. However, the agent is little more than a

gateway to cloud functionality.

There are real advantages to a cloud-only approach, especially for your customers:

Effortless Scalability

Customers click a button to go from supporting a few hundred employees to a few

thousand.

Centralized Global Management

One console for a global workforce and its resource access, with changes propagated

instantly across the network.

Where cloud-only genuinely shines

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

There is simply no getting around the cloud for a global ZTNA solution. Secure

connectivity must live in the cloud. The only alternative is owning a handful of on-

prem VPNs, which does not cut it for global access. Cloud-based zero trust also lets

you build a network of high-performance PoPs that get company traffic from point A

to cloud resource B as fast as possible.

Secure Internet Access (SWG)

Better known as the secure web gateway. All traffic passes through a cloud-based

security monitor that handles SSL inspection (decryption and re-encryption) to scan

for threats and block access to disallowed and malicious websites.

Here Is Why It Matters

Zero Trust Access and Secure Internet Access are two core components of any SASE solution, and most vendors deliver both through the cloud.

At Check Point, we believe delivering both through the cloud is a strategic error for the companies providing those solutions and the customers buying them.

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01 The Cloud-Only Security Paradigm

Cloud-only security products do all their major operations in the cloud. They typically have an agent

running on the local device: laptop, desktop, or mobile. However, the agent is little more than a

gateway to cloud functionality.

There are real advantages to a cloud-only approach, especially for your customers:

Effortless Scalability

Customers click a button to go from supporting a few hundred employees to a few thousand.

Centralized Global Management

One console for a global workforce and its resource access, with changes propagated

instantly across the network.

Where cloud-only genuinely shines

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

There is simply no getting around the cloud for a global ZTNA solution. Secure

connectivity must live in the cloud. The only alternative is owning a handful of on-

prem VPNs, which does not cut it for global access. Cloud-based zero trust also lets

you build a network of high-performance PoPs that get company traffic from point A

to cloud resource B as fast as possible.

Secure Internet Access (SWG)

Better known as the secure web gateway. All traffic passes through a cloud-based

security monitor that handles SSL inspection (decryption and re-encryption) to scan for threats and block access to disallowed and malicious websites.

Here Is Why It Matters

Zero Trust Access and Secure Internet Access are two core components of any SASE solution,

and most vendors deliver both through the cloud.

At Check Point, we believe delivering both through the cloud is a strategic error for the companies providing those solutions and the customers buying them.

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02 Limitations of Cloud-Only Security

A professionally designed Zero Trust Access solution is far superior in the cloud than on-prem. With a

cloud-based solution, you can build a network of high-performance points of presence that work

together to funnel an organization’s traffic as directly as possible to its destination.

When you rely on the cloud for Secure Internet Access, however, problems appear quickly. Unlike

accessing resources in AWS, GCP, or Azure, the Internet does not require a gateway to stand between

it and the user device.

The Hidden Cost

Inserting a gateway adds unnecessary latency. Most major websites rely on content delivery networks (CDNs) that cache content close to the user, so why route your traffic to a distant location and back to reach content that may be sitting on a server across town?

Latency translates into noticeable lag that frustrates users and reduces productivity.

Remote Users

Remote Users Web

SWG

Office

Remote Users

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02 Limitations of Cloud-Only Security

A professionally designed Zero Trust Access solution is far superior in the cloud than on-prem. With a

cloud-based solution, you can build a network of high-performance points of presence that work

together to funnel an organization’s traffic as directly as possible to its destination.

When you rely on the cloud for Secure Internet Access, however, problems appear quickly. Unlike

accessing resources in AWS, GCP, or Azure, the Internet does not require a gateway to stand between it and the user device.

The Hidden Cost

Inserting a gateway adds unnecessary latency. Most major websites rely on content delivery

networks (CDNs) that cache content close to the user, so why route your traffic to a distant location and back to reach content that may be sitting on a server across town?

Latency translates into noticeable lag that frustrates users and reduces productivity.

Office

SWG

Remote Users

Web

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03 Privacy and Geolocation

Another issue is SSL inspection where HTTPS traffic must be decrypted, analyzed for threats, and re-

encrypted before it continues to its destination.

This is an extremely sensitive operation with significant privacy implications for both enterprises and

employees. Conducting it in an uncontrolled environment like a cloud solution exposes the company

to risk. In some cases, it may not even be legal if local regulations require certain data to remain

within national borders.

What Happens When the Cloud Is Breached?

Day to day, the cloud might be fine. But what happens when your provider suffers a breach from misconfiguration, a zero-day in an underlying technology, or any number of other threats?

Suddenly, that secure cloud service becomes a trove of data ripe for hackers to do more damage.

Why expose your company to this risk? Keep SSL inspection local by default with a hybrid provider.

Geolocation matters too

The cloud can also distort your browser’s built-in geolocation, which is helpful for more than just

ordering lunch.

Access That Depends on Your Location

Imagine you must reach a government service that requires an originating IP in your

country, but your closest internet access gateway is not there. Now you have to

disconnect from your security service just to access the site, hardly ideal given the

sensitive data involved.

Smoother Day-to-Day Operations

Accurate geolocation serves applications in the correct language and orders office

supplies to the right location. Multiply the daily localization requests that need

manual adjustment and it becomes a significant hit to productivity.

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03 Privacy and Geolocation

Another issue is SSL inspection where HTTPS traffic must be decrypted, analyzed for threats, and re-

encrypted before it continues to its destination.

This is an extremely sensitive operation with significant privacy implications for both enterprises and

employees. Conducting it in an uncontrolled environment like a cloud solution exposes the company

to risk. In some cases, it may not even be legal if local regulations require certain data to remain within national borders.

What Happens When the Cloud Is Breached?

Day to day, the cloud might be fine. But what happens when your provider suffers a breach

from misconfiguration, a zero-day in an underlying technology, or any number of other threats?

Suddenly, that secure cloud service becomes a trove of data ripe for hackers to do more damage.

Why expose your company to this risk? Keep SSL inspection local by default with a hybrid provider.

Geolocation matters too

The cloud can also distort your browser’s built-in geolocation, which is helpful for more than just

ordering lunch.

Access That Depends on Your Location

Imagine you must reach a government service that requires an originating IP in your

country, but your closest internet access gateway is not there. Now you have to

disconnect from your security service just to access the site, hardly ideal given the sensitive data involved.

Smoother Day-to-Day Operations

Accurate geolocation serves applications in the correct language and orders office

supplies to the right location. Multiply the daily localization requests that need

manual adjustment and it becomes a significant hit to productivity.

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04 The Hybrid Approach with Check Point SASE We have seen when the pure-cloud approach makes sense and when it does not. So, what does a

hybrid approach look like, one that embraces the cloud where necessary and sets it aside when it is

not?

Keep In The Cloud Bring To The Device

Private Access Secure Internet Access

Zero Trust remote access needs a

gateway to enforce access rules —

the cloud is the right home.

Malware protection, SSL inspection,

and web filtering run on the device.

Protects privacy and keeps sensitive

decryption local.High-performance PoPs funnel traffic

directly to its destination worldwide. No cloud detour: up to 10x faster

internet speeds.Instant, centralized policy across a

global workforce.

Check Point SASE uses the cloud for Private Access, our Zero Trust remote access solution. You

cannot have secure access without a gateway enabling secure connections and enforcing zero trust

rules, so a cloud-based solution makes sense here.

Secure Internet Access, however, is different. Check Point SASE takes all the essentials: malware

protection, SSL inspection, and web filtering and puts that capability on the device. This protects

privacy and ensures security without impacting performance.

The Payoff

Skipping the cloud complexity gives our customers 10x faster internet speeds than the competition – verified against all major SASE providers on raw internet speed and on document downloads from Office 365.

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04 The Hybrid Approach with Check Point SASE

We have seen when the pure-cloud approach makes sense and when it does not. So, what does a

hybrid approach look like, one that embraces the cloud where necessary and sets it aside when it is not?

Keep In The Cloud

Private Access

Zero Trust remote access needs a

gateway to enforce access rules — the cloud is the right home.

High-performance PoPs funnel traffic directly to its destination worldwide.

Instant, centralized policy across a global workforce.

Bring To The Device

Secure Internet Access

Malware protection, SSL inspection, and web filtering run on the device.

Protects privacy and keeps sensitive decryption local.

No cloud detour: up to 10x faster internet speeds.

Check Point SASE uses the cloud for Private Access, our Zero Trust remote access solution. You

cannot have secure access without a gateway enabling secure connections and enforcing zero trust rules, so a cloud-based solution makes sense here.

Secure Internet Access, however, is different. Check Point SASE takes all the essentials: malware

protection, SSL inspection, and web filtering and puts that capability on the device. This protects

privacy and ensures security without impacting performance.

The Payoff

Skipping the cloud complexity gives our customers 10x faster internet speeds than the

competition – verified against all major SASE providers on raw internet speed and on document downloads from Office 365.

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Check Point’s hybrid approach provides great flexibility, for example when you need stronger web

protection for an employee connecting to the corporate network versus when they are not.

Granular, Context-Aware Filtering

We provide DNS-based filtering in the cloud as an additional option, letting

enterprises define granular web-filtering rules on the device, then apply additional

rules to all users when connected to the corporate network.

That is the power and flexibility of a hybrid approach.

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Check Point’s hybrid approach provides great flexibility, for example when you need stronger web

protection for an employee connecting to the corporate network versus when they are not.

Granular, Context-Aware Filtering

We provide DNS-based filtering in the cloud as an additional option, letting

enterprises define granular web-filtering rules on the device, then apply additional

rules to all users when connected to the corporate network.

That is the power and flexibility of a hybrid approach.

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Meet Check Point Hybrid SASE 10x Faster Internet Security | Full Mesh Private Access | Secure SD-WAN

Check Point Hybrid SASE is a game-changing solution that delivers 10x faster internet security

combined with full mesh Zero Trust Access and optimized SD-WAN performance, all with an

emphasis on ease-of-use and streamlined management.

Remote Users

Branch Office

Using Check Point SASE, businesses can build a secure corporate network over a private global

backbone in less than an hour. The service is managed by a unified console and backed by an award-

winning global support team that has you covered 24/7.

Check Point SASE helps organizations of all sizes secure their workspaces with a suite of products

covering network security across browsers, devices, and cloud.

To learn more, visit

Book a Demo

Worldwide Headquarters  5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv 6789159, Israel | Tel: +972-3-753-4599

U.S. Headquarters  100 Oracle Parkway, Suite 800, Redwood City, CA 94065 | Tel: 1-800-429-4391

www.checkpoint.com

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Meet Check Point Hybrid SASE

10x Faster Internet Security | Full Mesh Private Access | Secure SD-WAN

Check Point Hybrid SASE is a game-changing solution that delivers 10x faster internet security

combined with full mesh Zero Trust Access and optimized SD-WAN performance, all with an

emphasis on ease-of-use and streamlined management.

Remote Users

Branch Office

Using Check Point SASE, businesses can build a secure corporate network over a private global

backbone in less than an hour. The service is managed by a unified console and backed by an award-

winning global support team that has you covered 24/7.

Check Point SASE helps organizations of all sizes secure their workspaces with a suite of products

covering network security across browsers, devices, and cloud.

To learn more, visit

Book a Demo

Worldwide Headquarters 5 Shlomo Kaplan Street, Tel Aviv 6789159, Israel | Tel: +972-3-753-4599

U.S. Headquarters

100 Oracle Parkway, Suite 800, Redwood City, CA 94065 | Tel: 1-800-429-4391

https://sase.checkpoint.com/demo https://sase.checkpoint.com/demo

White Paper | The Hybrid SASE Advantage

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