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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO

Today, convergence is happening with SASE, which converges cloud-delivered security and networking, as well as Secure SD-WAN, zero trust network access (ZTNA), network access control (NAC), secure access points, and secure switches. We predict that the convergence of networking and security will continue to expand to more areas.

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Enabling Digital Transformation, Securely

CIO

SASE is SD-WAN-as-a-service and security-as-a-service. Offering more flexibility at low cost, software-defined networking, or SD-WAN, abstracts network control from the connectivity layer and enables real-time monitoring, reporting, and analytics across network nodes. Let’s look at each: Software-defined wide area networking.

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