SASE market 

Secure access service edge (SASE), a new term in the security landscape, has been gaining immense popularity. Advances in cloud computing technologies are helping in enhancing business productivity and strengthening security network management.

 
 
Cloud computing and work-from-anywhere initiatives have permanently shifted enterprise access requirements and accelerated interest in migrating to a SASE architecture. At the same time, the global SASE market is expected to register at a compound annual growth rate of 36.4% from 2021 to 2028 to reach $11,291.2 million by 2028.

 
The SASE blueprint improves business security with software-defined edge networking, user-focused authentication, access control, and seamless integration across the cloud. Gartner forecasts the SASE market will reach nearly $15 billion by 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 36%.

 
When we talk about SASE it includes, SASE services such as Secure SD-WAN, Next-Generation Firewall, Next-Generation Firewall as a Service, Cloud Network Firewall, Unified Threat Management (UTM) including Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), and User and Entity Behaviour Analytics (UEBA) and many more.

 
Having realized the benefits of cloud computing, businesses are aggressively adopting a cloud-based IT infrastructure. As such, the growing adoption of cloud-based IT systems and solutions also bodes well for the growth of the market over the forecast period.

 
The continued shift from data centres toward cloud services and the subsequent pressure on cloud services are prompting organizations to adopt multiple security solutions. However, managing all these security solutions is turning out to be a complex task, especially when it comes to providing secure access to cloud services. Moreover, despite adding additional security solutions, the network security architecture remains ineffective and vulnerable to cyber threats. 

 
Going forward, SASE framework can combine network security features of FWaaS, SWG, and ZTNA along with the WAN capabilities into a unified platform that can potentially address all these challenges. Hence, the adoption of SASE frameworks is expected to gain traction over the forecast period.