Kyndryl has been building out its networking capabilities over the last year and is now getting into SASE.

The vendor reorganized its recently-formed Networking and Advanced Security business group following the departure of ex-SVP Tom Gillis.

“The general consumer is just numb to all of this at this point,” EY's Michael Misrahi said of recent operator cybersecurity breaches.

Gartner's Nat Smith noted Valtix's technology connects into the plumbing of the public clouds to protect each individual workload.

Dell'Oro Group expects security service edge to “kill the traditional [secure web gateway] appliance business."

Telcos are high-target entities for ransomware and security teams will need to prioritize cyberresilience in their business strategy.

The third quarter of 2022 marked the seventh quarter in a row with secure access service edge revenue growth exceeding 25%, Dell'Oro Group reported.

"Telecom vendors are moving toward as-a-service business outcome-based offerings," said NTT VP Amit Dhingra.

"I sell SASE and SD-WAN, but very few SD-WAN players are SASE-capable," Nikesh Arora said.

Around 30% of the respondents chose zero-trust network access as the top zero-trust investment priority, Zscaler found.

One of the most critical considerations when choosing a firewall is application awareness, Fortinet's Aiden Walden said.

The vendor claims secure access service edge provides more visibility into and control over network security configurations.

CSO Bill O’Hern argues embedded network security offers more capabilities on top of secure access service edge.

Gartner identified zero-trust network access as the fastest-growing segment in network security with a 36% growth in 2022, and 31% in 2023.

Research director Mauricio Sanchez saw the firewall market is on track to have a $12 billion yearly revenue this year.

“There is a place for companies only offering standalone SD-WAN, but certainly the opportunities are muted,” Gartner's Jonathan Forest said.

IT and telecom are the sectors seeing the most growth at around 35% to 40% of the total estimated security market, Research Manager Mohit Shrivastava said.

“The overall cloud WAAP market is mature, though some segments are quite dynamic, such as bot management and API threat protection,” Gartner noted.

The Trident 4-X11C chip is "all about security in the enterprise," Broadcom Director of Product Marketing Fred Olsson told SDxCentral.

SSE isn't well suited to protecting IoT devices, Aruba's David Hughes said. And "for every user today, there are five IoT devices."

“If you are serious about API security, WAFs are not going to cut it,” Traceable co-founder and CTO Sanjay Nagaraj said.

There is no silver bullet for security in any context, and that applies to open RAN and cloud native technologies all the same.

"Openness allows you to have visibility and it allows you to put your defense and your security where you see the threats might be coming,” Dish Network's Marc Rouanne

CISOs can learn from the pandemic, beef up their companies’ security posture and employees’ security readiness, and be ready for the next big event.