Secure access service edge (SASE): Which solution is best?

Peerspot users review the highest reviewed solutions in the secure access service edge (SASE) market.

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The network and security landscape has changed dramatically. Users are dispersed, organisations are embracing multi-cloud, and applications are everywhere. These changes, which can lead to gaps in your security, pave the way for a new model, the secure access service edge (SASE).

Over 540,000 professionals have used Peerspot research to inform their purchasing decisions. Its latest paper looks at the highest rated SASE vendors, profiling each and examining what they can offer enterprise.

Here’s a breakdown of the key players currently active in the market:

Akamai Enterprise Application Access

Average Rating: 10

Top Comparison: Zscaler Internet Access

Overview:  Creates a “cloud perimeter” to protect an organisation’s infrastructure from internet threats, including distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and botnets.

Bitglass

Average Rating: 8.7

Top Comparison: Netskope CASB

Overview: Ensures that all data, whether accessed from a managed or unmanaged device, is subject to the visibility and control required by the organisation, while simultaneously preserving employee privacy across personal applications.

Cato Networks

Average Rating: 9.0

Top Comparison: Zscaler SASE

Overview: A leading SASE platform, combining SD-WAN and network security to obtain a cloud-native service.

Cisco Umbrella

Average Rating: 8.4

Top Comparison: Zscaler Internet Access

Overview: Includes secure web gateway, firewall, and cloud access security broker (CASB) functionality all delivered from a single cloud security service.

MVISION Cloud

Average Rating: 8.2

Top Comparison: Netskope CASB

Overview: The leading CASB trusted by over 500 enterprises to securely enable over 16,000 cloud services, including shadow IT and sanctioned IT.

Netskope CASB

Average Rating: 8.5

Top Comparison: Zscaler Internet Access

Overview: Provides discovery, deep visibility, and granular control of sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud apps. With Netskope, IT can direct usage, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance in real-time, on any device.

Perimeter 81

Average Rating: 9.4

Top Comparison: Zscaler Private Access

Overview: The first cybersecurity experience platform to streamline SASE through its ground-breaking ease-of-use and unified network security stack.

Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks

Average Rating: 8.4

Top Comparison: Zscaler Private Access

Overview: Provides consistent security for all users and applications across your remote networks.

Versa FlexVNF

Average Rating: 8.0

Top Comparison: Cisco SD-WAN

Overview: A multi-service, multi-tenant software platform built from the ground up on cloud principles to deliver scale, segmentation, programmability, and automation.

VMware SD-WAN

Average Rating: 8.2

Top Comparison: Cisco SD-WAN

Overview: Leverages cloud-hosting to simplify deployment and management of network devices and employs traffic steering to applications in the data centre and the cloud.

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