The constraints involve an over reliance on physical infrastructure, along with tool proliferation, solution silos, manual processes and a lack of automation. The Gartner SASE model is a response to the limitations of conventional networking and security architectures in keeping pace with emerging edge-centric trends in mobility, cloud, SD-WAN and the Internet of Things (IoT).
As described in a July 2019 Gartner Market Trend report, the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE, pronounced sassy) marks the necessary merger of traditional WAN management and security capabilities into a unified whole, built using cloud-native architectures.Īccording to Gartner, “customer demands for simplicity, scalability, flexibility, low latency and pervasive security force convergence of the WAN edge and network security markets, creating the secure access service edge (SASE), with a predominantly cloud-based, as-a-service delivery model.” A transformational change is reshaping the way organizations manage and secure their networks.
