businesses transitioned applications to the cloud. Some 92 % of workloads are now hosted on some form of cloud platform, indicating a significant shift from traditional on-premises solutions, while the rise of remote work has fundamentally altered how and where people access corporate resources. SASE( pronounced‘ sassy’), or secure access service edge, first defined by Gartner in the 2019 report“ The Future of Network Security is in the Cloud,” is a convergence of WAN capabilities with network security functions.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly accelerated adoption, as organisations scrambled to provide secure access for suddenly remote workforces.

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