“Network security is not really very meaningful,” CEO Jay Chaudhry said. “We decouple network access and application access with zero trust.”

Amazon allied with Apple; Google edged Anthos to bare metal; and a pesky Cisco VPN bug that avoided capture was your favorite SDxCentral November story.

“Nine months ago people knew zero trust as a paradigm was coming, and then it basically arrived overnight in a violent and unceremonious fashion,” Cisco CISO Mike Hanley said.

Masergy's managed SASE offering is built around a combination of Fortinet SD-WAN and security, BitGlass CASB, and its own internally developed tools

Cisco revenues dropped but stock on the rise; SonicWall SASE tapped Perimeter 81 ZTNA; and Huawei touted 5.5G.

SonicWall's Cloud Edge Secure Access launches alongside a spate of updated branch and enterprise firewalls.

Palo Alto Networks paid $670M for Expanse; Ericsson rode 5G, R&D to revive business growth; and Dell beefed up its data protection portfolio.

Barracuda will integrate Fyde’s zero trust networking into its networking and security stack. It’s also available now as a standalone remote access agent.

Cisco boasts about 1,000 SecureX wins; a Trump advisor claimed U.S. 5G clobbers China; and Microsoft’s commercial cloud avoided COVID-19 complications.

At its partner summit, Cisco updated its security platforms adding capabilities across zero trust, extended detection and response, and secure access services edge.

The FortiGate 200F is the company's latest F-Series CPE appliance, slotting in above the company's 80F and 100F appliances.

“The mega trends that are driving SASE is being able to move security close to end users wherever they may be," Akamai’s Patrick Sullivan said.

The security vendor will also host its virtual Fal.Con this week, and more than 20,000 people registered to attend the event.

Microsoft won a court order to take control of Trickbot; T-Mobile said Kubernetes isn’t magic dust; and Cloudflare got SASE.

Cloudflare One combines the company's zero-trust network access, secure web gateway, and endpoint software into a single SASE platform

Nvidia took Arm off SoftBanks’ hands for $40 billion; Accenture bet $3 billion on Cloud First expansion; and Red Hat scored a Samsung 5G deal.

Despite breaches costing companies millions of dollars, CISOs still have a tough time justifying security budgets to corporate boards.

The new Microsoft partnership comes about a month after Nutanix landed a similar service with Amazon Web Services.

Telefónica tapped AWS for 5G core virtualization; Volterra pushed security to the API layer; and Open RAN expected to skyrocket by 2025.

DevOps and security teams can use VoltMesh to provide zero trust networking and security services at every distributed cluster but with centralized management, visibility, and policy control.

"CDN vendors should not be counted out of the SASE race," said Dell'Oro's Mauricio Sanchez.

Building a SASE requires expertise in networking and cloud-based security. Buying one can be prohibitively expensive, but that hasn't stopped some vendors from doing just that.

A Microsoft survey found 58% of business leaders reported budget increases for cybersecurity because of the pandemic. And 82% plan to add security staff.

HPE swallowed Silver Peak to bolster its SD-WAN market position; VMware scored a Dish 5G deal; and Fortinet bought SASE startup Opaq.