Managed service providers (MSPs) have struggled to deliver SASE services cost-effectively at scale because SD-WAN and secure access solutions for the hybrid workforce lack automation, requiring manual configuration and support for disparate products and API models.
Solving this challenge, Palo Alto Networks has introduced innovations for Prisma SASE specifically designed for MSPs, including a hierarchical multi-tenant cloud management portal and open API framework.
Prisma SASE’s highly flexible, cloud-based management portal with hierarchical multitenancy capability uses granular role-based access control (RBAC) — that MSPs have lacked until now — to provide the flexibility to manage multiple customers with different needs while providing control across a customer’s entire SASE services lifecycle.
“MSPs need to deliver consistent, best-in-class secure access solutions for hybrid workforce and SD-WAN services to customers at the lowest possible TCO. Until now, that has been extraordinarily difficult,” said Anand Oswal, senior vice president, Network Security at Palo Alto Networks. “With Prisma SASE for MSPs, we are able to further deliver on the promise of a secure enterprise with ultimate ease of use, for both our managed service provider partners and their customers, and most importantly help address their unique network security and SD-WAN requirements.”
In addition to the hierarchical multi-tenant cloud management portal, Prisma SASE includes these MSP capabilities:
- An API gateway provides an open API framework that enables MSPs to integrate with their backend infrastructure and automate day 0 and day 1 workflows, providing the greatest level of flexibility and simplicity.
- Insights into SD-WAN and network security metrics while highlighting critical issues across all managed tenants. This helps aid MSPs to accelerate troubleshooting and meet SLAs for their customers.
- Identity and access management (IAM) enables MSPs to use their identity stores to avoid duplication of users and roles across different systems, thereby significantly strengthening network security and governance.
- Flexible service creation provides MSPs the flexibility to create a catalog of differentiated offerings and assign these services to their hierarchical customer set, providing a customizable SASE solution for their customers.
For more information on the Palo Alto Networks Managed Service Partner Program, visit https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/partners/managed-security-services-provider-program.
