New Gartner Report: 2021 Strategic Roadmap for SASE Convergence
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Digitalization, work-from-anywhere,β―and cloud computing have accelerated SASE offerings to address the need for secure and optimizedβ―access, anytime, anywhere, and on any device. In Gartnerβs new report from March 25, Neil MacDonald, Nat Smith, Lawrence Orans, and Joe Skorupa provide invaluable insights with a clear message to enterprises: βSASE is a pragmatic and compelling model that can be partially or fully implemented today.β And, enterprises should build a strategy for replacing legacy point products with a converged SASE platform.
The migration to SASE willΒ enable enterprises toΒ successfullyΒ addressΒ theΒ current and futureΒ networkingΒ and securityΒ challenges:Β
- ShiftingΒ to cloud-deliveredΒ securityΒ to protectΒ anywhere, anytime access to digital capabilitiesΒ
- SimplifyingΒ securityΒ management thatΒ hasΒ become complex due toΒ multipleΒ vendors, policies,Β and appliancesΒ Β
- ReducingΒ costΒ withΒ MPLS replacement and SD-WAN alternativeΒ projectsΒ Β
- BetterΒ utilizingΒ resources and skillsΒ to overcome organizational silosΒ and facilitate growthΒ
PracticalΒ Advice toΒ Follow
GartnerΒ analyzesΒ the gaps betweenΒ theΒ future and current state of SASEΒ offerings,Β andΒ providesβ―a strategic roadmap, migration plan,β―andβ―Β adviceΒ onβ―SASE adoption over the nextβ―fiveβ―years.β―Β
Β ShortΒ termΒ recommendations:Β
- Deploy ZTNA/SDPΒ to replace legacy VPNΒ for the remote workforceΒ
- Implement phase-out tactics for on-premises hardware in favor of SASE servicesΒ
- Reduce cost and complexity by leveraging converged offerings of SWGs, CASBs, and VPNΒ
- Initiate branch transformation projects toΒ integrateΒ cloud-based security servicesΒ
Longer–termΒ recommendations:Β
- Consolidate SASE offerings to a single vendor or two explicitlyΒ partnered vendorsΒ
- Implement ZTNA/SDPΒ for all users,Β at all locationsΒ
- PreferΒ SASE offerings that allowΒ you toΒ controlΒ privacy and complianceΒ related mattersΒ
- Create aΒ sassy teamΒ of networkingΒ and securityΒ expertsΒ responsibleΒ forΒ secureΒ accessΒ acrossΒ all edgesΒ
Strategic AssumptionsΒ to ConsiderΒ
The report bringsΒ new statistics andβ―understandings ofΒ marketβ―trends,Β naturally accelerated by the global crisis.Β
- By 2024, 30% of enterprises will adopt cloud-delivered SWG, CASB, ZTNA,Β and FWaaSΒ from the same vendor, up from 5% in 2020Β
- By 2025, 60% of enterprises will have explicit strategies and timelines for SASE adoption, up from 10% in 2020Β
- By 2023, to deliver flexible, cost-effective scalable bandwidth, 30% of enterprisesΒ will have onlyΒ Internet WAN connectivity,Β up fromΒ 15% in 2020.Β
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