{"id":24559,"date":"2026-09-18T06:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netgear.com\/hub\/?page_id=24559"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T15:07:21","slug":"what-is-sase-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.netgear.com\/hub\/business\/enterprise-it\/what-is-sase-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"What is SASE and why did networking need to reinvent itself?"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"table-of-content bg-gray 24559\">\n        <p><strong>IN THIS ARTICLE<\/strong><\/p>\n        <ul>\n                        <li><a href=\"#topic2\">The problem SASE was built to solve<\/a><\/li>\n                        <li><a href=\"#topic3\">What this means for your business<\/a><\/li>\n                        <li><a href=\"#topic4\">Built for the way businesses work today<\/a><\/li>\n                        <li><a href=\"#topic5\">SASE vs. SD-WAN<\/a><\/li>\n                        <li><a href=\"#topic6\">Why more businesses are adopting SASE<\/a><\/li>\n                        <li><a href=\"#topic7\">Key terms<\/a><\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n        <div id=\"topic1\" class=\"skip-item\">\n                        <p>Employees work from anywhere, applications are in the cloud, and businesses often operate across multiple locations. Yet many networks still force every connection through headquarters before reaching its destination. The result is slower performance, overloaded VPNs, increased complexity, and a poor user experience.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <div id=\"topic2\" class=\"skip-item\">\n                        <h2>The problem SASE was built to solve<\/h2>\n                <p>Imagine driving through the city center every time you wanted to go anywhere, even if your destination was just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how many traditional networks still operate.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of connecting users directly to cloud applications, traffic is first sent to the corporate network for inspection before continuing to its destination. This creates unnecessary delays and increases the burden on IT teams.<\/p>\n<p>SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) removes that detour.<\/p>\n<p>By moving networking and security to the cloud, SASE allows users to connect securely from wherever they are while applying the same security policies everywhere. Employees get faster access to applications, IT teams gain greater visibility, and businesses reduce the complexity of managing multiple security tools.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <div id=\"topic3\" class=\"skip-item\">\n                        <h2>What this means for your business<\/h2>\n                <p>SASE combines networking and security into a single cloud-delivered service.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of managing separate VPNs, firewalls, and networking platforms, businesses can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give employees faster, more reliable access to cloud applications<\/li>\n<li>Apply consistent security policies across every location<\/li>\n<li>Support remote and hybrid work without adding complexity<\/li>\n<li>Reduce IT overhead through centralized management<\/li>\n<li>Improve visibility across users, devices, and applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The result is a better experience for employees and a more secure, resilient network.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <div id=\"topic4\" class=\"skip-item\">\n                        <h2>Built for the way businesses work today<\/h2>\n                <p>SASE delivers the greatest value to organizations with multiple offices, remote employees, cloud applications, or lean IT teams.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also an ideal solution for MSPs, allowing them to manage networking and security for multiple customers from a single cloud platform while reducing operational costs and simplifying service delivery.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <div id=\"topic5\" class=\"skip-item\">\n                        <h2>SASE vs. SD-WAN<\/h2>\n                <p>SASE and SD-WAN are often confused, but they solve different problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SD-WAN<\/strong>\u00a0optimizes how traffic travels across the network, improving performance and reliability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SASE<\/strong>\u00a0builds on that by adding cloud-delivered security, including identity-based access controls and threat protection, managed through a single platform.<\/p>\n<p>In short, SD-WAN helps traffic reach its destination efficiently. SASE ensures it gets there securely.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <div id=\"topic6\" class=\"skip-item\">\n                        <h2>Why more businesses are adopting SASE<\/h2>\n                <p>As applications, users, and data become more distributed, the traditional network perimeter continues to disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses need security that follows users wherever they work, not just when they&#8217;re in the office.<\/p>\n<p>SASE provides exactly that, combining networking and security into one cloud-managed platform that improves visibility, simplifies management, and strengthens protection.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n        <div id=\"topic7\" class=\"skip-item\">\n                        <h2>Key terms<\/h2>\n                <p><strong>SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network)<\/strong><br \/>\nOptimizes network traffic across multiple connections for better performance and reliability<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access)<\/strong><br \/>\nContinuously verifies users and devices before granting access, helping reduce the risk of unauthorized access<\/p>\n<p><strong>SSE (Security Service Edge)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe cloud-delivered security services within a SASE architecture, including secure web access, Zero Trust, and threat protection<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":24669,"parent":6714,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/blog-wifi.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-24559","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is SASE and why did networking need to reinvent itself? 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