Chief Platform Officer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
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Mar 1, 2022
What kind of SASE use cases can be supported (from WFH over small offices/branches up to HQ and DataCenter and secure access to Internet for www, cloud IaaS and SaaS, other sites of my network and private apps on my data center which or not cloud-enabled)?
Do I still have access to private data center from all sites incl. WFH with only a client on a device?
When you look for an integrated solution SDWAN & SASE - is the solution providing me a single view and just one customer support system (to ensure simplicity when it comes to holistic enterprise networking for operations)?
Is the solution platform based and a managed service with all pre-tested (to ensure high quality and reliability) or a tailor-made project where everything needs to be designed, configured and tested?
Find out what your peers are saying about Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Cato Networks and others in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). Updated: January 2026.
SASE combines networking and security functions into a single, cloud-delivered service to support dynamic secure access needs in modern businesses.
SASE integrates capabilities like secure web gateways, firewall-as-a-service, and zero trust network access under one umbrella. This convergence helps organizations manage security policies more effectively while reducing complexity and cost. By leveraging the cloud, SASE ensures consistent security regardless of user location or device.
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Is your solution access-centric or data-first?
Is your solution cloud, on-prem, or hybrid deployment model?
You need to evaluate how you will use a SASE solution and if it would even fit your current work environment.
Where do your applications reside today?
Do you control internet/cloud security for your remote workers?
How will you support and sustain WFH?
How will you secure access to internal, private apps, ...?
What kind of SASE use cases can be supported (from WFH over small offices/branches up to HQ and DataCenter and secure access to Internet for www, cloud IaaS and SaaS, other sites of my network and private apps on my data center which or not cloud-enabled)?
Do I still have access to private data center from all sites incl. WFH with only a client on a device?
When you look for an integrated solution SDWAN & SASE - is the solution providing me a single view and just one customer support system (to ensure simplicity when it comes to holistic enterprise networking for operations)?
Is the solution platform based and a managed service with all pre-tested (to ensure high quality and reliability) or a tailor-made project where everything needs to be designed, configured and tested?