SASE Template

The templating process provides a method for seeking common ground in any technical architecture. From the simple template that a carpenter makes to repeat a design for a wooden chair to the complex templates used by Cloud Service Providers (CSP) to provision services on-demand, templates are used everywhere for consistent results. With SASE, SD-WAN, or cloud-based solutions, the use of a template is a requirement for scale, performance, consistency, and security.

In this context, a template is just a software-based, repeatable model that is created during the design process. This template is to be leveraged on demand for standing new services up. By templating the design of a site, service, device, connection, policy, or another solution component, each subcomponent of an approved architecture becomes consistent. Through consistency, scale is an available option, whereas legacy models that implement one subcomponent at a time with human labor create a variation that...