BrandPost: SASE vs. SD-WAN – It’s NOT Either Or!
As I mentioned in my last blog, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about SASE – but Were Afraid to Ask!,” there are a lot of opinions, misconceptions, and questions about SASE.
- SD-WAN is dead!
- SASE is a replacement for SD-WAN
- SASE is cloud-hosted security with basic SD-WAN functionality added
- SASE and SD-WAN are different networking technologies
However, if you carefully read Gartner’s initial report, “The Future of Network Security is in the Cloud,” that introduced the term SASE (secure access service edge), you’ll see that it’s not “either” SASE or SD-WAN. Rather, SD-WAN is a foundational component and an integral part of a SASE architecture.[1]