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What SASE Got Right and What It Missed: Architecture and Implementation Matters

SASE has transformed how organizations approach secure networking, uniting security and connectivity into a single, cloud-delivered model. As one of the original architects of SASE (along with Neil MacDonald), I was invited at ONUG Dallas to reflect on the state of SASE and what we might have missed in our original research.

The Future of Cybersecurity: How SASE Security is Transforming Network Protection

For decades, enterprise networks resembled fortified castles: one or two drawbridges (MPLS links) funneled all traffic back to a central moat where hardware firewalls, proxy stacks, and IPS appliances examined every packet. Cloud computing, hybrid work, and an explosion of SaaS shattered that perimeter. Today, an employee might open a CRM record in Salesforce from a café, push source code to GitHub over home Wi-Fi, and join a Zoom meeting through a 5G hotspot-often in the same morning.

Netskope's 20/20 Vision and Recognition as a SASE Leader

Netskope has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic QuadrantTM for SASE Platforms. This is the second successive year, and we are now positioned furthest in vision in the Gartner Magic QuadrantTM reports for BOTH SASE Platforms and SSE. That’s what we, at Netskope, call “20/20 Vision.” In this year’s 2025 Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms report, Gartner defined four key Use Cases.

Shadow AI Is Everywhere. Cato Puts You Back in Control

Generative AI boosts productivity—but also introduces serious risks: data leakage, compliance violations, and flawed outputs. Most enterprises lack visibility into how GenAI tools are being used across their environment. Cato changes that. In this video, we introduce Cato’s GenAI Security Controls—a native part of the Cato SASE Cloud Platform. No extra consoles. No new licenses. Just immediate visibility and control.

Introducing simple and secure egress policies by hostname in Cloudflare's SASE platform

Cloudflare’s SASE platform is on a mission to strengthen our platform-wide support for hostname- and domain-based policies. This mission is being driven by enthusiastic demands from our customers, and boosted along the way by several interesting engineering challenges. Today, we’re taking a deep dive into the first milestone of this mission, which we recently released in open beta: egress policies by hostname, domain, content category, and application. Let’s dive right in!

Rewriting the Rules of China Connectivity with Cato SASE Cloud

What if operating in China didn’t require a separate architecture? For global enterprises, China is too important and too complex to ignore. Whether you’re already operating there or considering expansion, China introduces unique connectivity, security, and compliance challenges that most global architectures aren’t equipped to handle. Infrastructure gaps, regulatory demands, and inconsistent user experience combine to make China uniquely challenging for IT and security leaders.

Retail IT Reinvented with Cato SASE Cloud Platform

Retail IT is evolving fast – and legacy infrastructure can’t keep up. In this 3-minute video, see how Cato SASE Cloud Platform helps retailers simplify operations, accelerate store rollouts, and stay secure with a converged, cloud-native platform. Discover how to simplify store rollouts, maintain reliable performance, and protect customer data with PCI compliance from day one. Whether you’re scaling new stores or modernizing your entire footprint, Cato delivers the agility, security, and performance retail demands – in one platform, built for retail.

What Keeps CIOs Up at Night: Five Key Concerns and How SASE Brings Peace of Mind

Over the past nine years in the SASE business, I’ve had the privilege of speaking with hundreds of IT leaders—CIOs, CISOs, and IT executives. Through these conversations, I’ve found that five main concerns consistently keep them up at night. This blog aims to share those insights and highlight how I’ve seen Cato Networks’ SASE platform help address these challenges, allowing IT leaders to sleep a little easier.

Rewind in 5: Cato's 2025 So Far

We're halfway through the year, and Cato’s momentum hasn’t slowed. From major platform upgrades to cutting-edge security enhancements, 2025 has already delivered a wave of innovation. This short video recap distills the biggest highlights into under five minutes — a quick way to catch up on everything new and noteworthy. Watch the recap and let us know which release made the biggest impact for you.