From job cuts, to a significant data breach, and the restructuring of some of its operating divisions, the networking giant had a busy 12 months.

The secure access service edge framework continued to make waves across the networking and security markets.

650 Group predicts a vendor focus on delivering secure access service edge services (as opposed to products) will accelerate in 2023.

The industry group cited customer education and a lack of industry standards as the biggest challenges facing secure access service edge providers.

With billions of medical IoT devices coming online in the next decade, “you’ve got to find a way to automate policy creation," SVP Anand Oswal said.

Fortinet was deemed a leader in Gartner's latest SD-WAN Magic Quadrant report.

The service brings together Google Cloud’s BeyondCorp Enterprise and Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Access platforms.

If "you thought you weren't going to get a slide on SASE [at a Garner presentation], then you are sadly mistaken," Andrew Lerner said.

Cradlepoint plans to continue enhancing its security capabilities throughout next year, Camille Campbell said.

Secure access service edge has the potential to “address and integrate dozens of other cybersecurity markets,” the analyst firm said.

"Every CIO wakes up in the middle of the night probably saying, 'am I secure?'," Palo Alto Networks' Ron Ronco said.

Last quarter, Cisco and Zscaler also announced deeper integration of Cisco SD-WAN and Zscaler’s security stack.

The AWS Verified Access looks to replace VPNs that organizations typically use to secure remote access.

The partnership follows Aryaka expanding on its goal to build a “zero-trust WAN” with the addition of secure web gateway-as-a-service in October.

The U.S. Department of Defense outlined four strategic goals to achieve department-wide zero-trust implementation for the next five years.

Dell Technologies' global data protection index survey found the rise of natural and modern disasters leads to data loss and downtime.

The edge router uses Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Service to support T-Mobile US’ managed services.

The Cloudbrink software deployed in the customer’s cloud environment or data center provides a secure end-to-end connection built on a dark network.

“I don't want to be alone in the business. We have to have competitions. It drives all of us to be better at what we do," Cato's Eyal Webber

Cisco Security's Chief Strategy Officer Dug Song leaves as the company tackles a talent shortage; and organizations join Karat's Brilliant Black Minds movement.

NetApp also targets cyber resilience by unifying control of data security based on an integrated zero-trust model.

Duo Security's report showed accounts allowing web authentication rose 50% and a fivefold increase in usage since April 2019.

CEO Kelly Ahuja said based on what Versa is “hearing from the investment banks,” the window to going public “will likely open up 1.5 to 2 years from now.”

Vodafone ramps its open radio access network push; Dell'Oro talks VPN replacement; and Nutanix boosts the Kubernetes ecosystem.