"We actually have a roadmap to continue to add those [secure access service edge] capabilities and features throughout next year,” SVP Dan DeBacker said.

Fortinet's new secure access service edge appliance features its Security Processor 5 custom ASIC for processing acceleration and performance boost.

The new offering aims to address limitations of traditional LAN architectures by delivering integrated switching, routing, security and network services.

HPE Aruba aims to ensure consistent security policy enforcement across all domains, including the campus, branch, data center and cloud.

Despite macroeconomic struggles, Okta's report showed 80% of respondents reported their zero-trust budgets had increased over the past year.

The enterprise service mesh also represents an alternative to less-secure options like Istio, according to Linkerd creator William Morgan.

Product Manager Annika Garbers touted the vendor's approach meets the market demand for simplicity, cost-effectiveness and unified management.

The integration will provide a single-vendor secure access service edge product to Deutsche Telekom enterprise customers.

Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Versa Networks and VMware are among the MEF SASE certification beta program participants.

Shlomo Kramer said many network security vendors are struggling with the transition from appliance form factor to the cloud-centric approach of SASE.

T-Mobile is helping secure enterprise 5G networks with a SIM card-based SASE system in partnership with Versa and a network-slice security platform.

Previously known by its code name Project Amber, the attestation service is now being used by Intel's partners such as Thales, Zscaler and Nvidia.

The container networking startup is aiming to solve a critical security issue that can significantly impact zero trust for cloud-native deployments.

Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry defends his company's multivendor SASE and SSE approach, noting its lead over Microsoft's late SSE market entry.

Fortinet claims its wireless LAN access points will offload traffic from microbranches to a SASE point of presence for security inspection.

One of the new features automatically classifies and labels sensitive data and then applies appropriate risk-based controls in Google Drive.

Versa Networks' CEO noted the new capabilities announced this week augment existing AI capabilities from previous iterations of Versa's platform.

As networking and security converge, “that's where a single policy and a single set of controls becomes very powerful,” VP Larry Lunetta said.

The winners and losers of Broadcom's potential acquisition of VMware and executive comings and goings at Dish lead our Top 10 list for July.

Adaptiv Networks updated its SD-WAN service this week with zero-trust and cloud security capabilities as it works toward a future SASE release.

This week was mostly about mergers and acquisitions — and personnel drama at Dish Network as its C-suite continues to change players.

Dell’Oro's Mauricio Sanchez noted security services edge players Zscaler, Cisco and Palo Alto Networks have a multiyear head start on Microsoft.

ABI Research predicts the 5G security software and services market will hit $8.6 billion in sales by 2027.

Cato Networks has launched a new set of capabilities that integrates SASE with zero-trust network access to help limit insider risks.