2026 State of SASE + AI: The Cost of Complexity

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Find the most recent research, analysis, and information on SASE (Secure Access Service Edge), networking, security, and cloud from industry thought leaders, analysts, and experts.

Analyst Reports

2026 Gartner® Market Guide for SD-WAN

This annual Gartner report provides updated analysis and an overview of the state of the current SD-WAN market, including the continued shift to SD-WAN purchases as part of a single-vendor SASE platform. Access a complimentary full copy of the report, which includes the analysts’ market outlook, a list of 22 vendors (Versa among them), mandatory and optional capabilities lists, and recommendations for your own vendor selection process.

How to Justify SASE Investments to the Business

This report helps heads of IT infrastructure and operations articulate the four primary business reasons to justify SASE investments and secure timely and adequate funding and resources. The Gartner analysts also review the importance of linking SASE investments directly to business outcomes and how to frame budget discussions to achieve optimal business alignment and results.

2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms

Versa has been recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms for the fourth consecutive year and is one of twelve vendors that met the criteria for inclusion in this year's report. Get a complimentary full copy with all vendor evaluations.

2026 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms

This Gartner report assesses the SASE offerings of 12 vendors – including Versa – across 15 capabilities (e.g., uniform platform, SD-WAN, inline security, adaptive access) and five use cases. It is a detailed companion to the annual Magic Quadrant™ report. Access a complimentary copy of the full report – with all vendor evaluations – for insights into the SASE market.

New and Upcoming Webinars

Resiliency is the New SLA for AI: Is Your Infrastructure Built for It?

Join this session to learn how Versa Intelligent Edge enables resilient, high-performance connectivity for the AI era.

Data Sovereignty Is No Longer Optional: Is Your SASE Ready?

Join us for a practical walkthrough of how AI-driven DLP delivers continuous, context-aware data protection — helping organizations prevent data loss, meet compliance requirements, and secure modern remote access without slowing the business.

Defending at the Speed of AI: Why Security Must Become Pervasive

AI is fundamentally changing the cybersecurity equation. Join Brad LaPorte and Dhiraj Sehgal to explore why Pervasive Security, prevention-first protection in every direction, is emerging as the architecture for defending the AI-first enterprise.

Beyond Visibility and Detection: How AI-driven and focused DLP prevents data loss from public and private app

See how Versa's AI-driven DLP turns continuous, context-aware protection into a practical advantage – reducing data loss, simplifying compliance, and keeping remote access secure without slowing the business down.

Diagnostic Reports

ZTNA Diagnostic Report

White Papers

The EU Sovereign SASE buyer’s guide

Sovereign SASE is becoming essential for EU organizations as regulatory pressure around data control, operational resilience, and jurisdictional independence continues to grow. This buyer’s guide explains why data residency alone is not enough, and how enterprises should evaluate SASE across data, control, management, and legal sovereignty.

Zero Trust MCP: Securing Agentic AI for Autonomous Network and Security Operations

Agentic AI is transforming enterprise networks by enabling autonomous agents to monitor, diagnose, and act in real time—shifting operations from reactive to proactive. As these agents gain direct access to infrastructure and control planes, Zero Trust MCP becomes critical to prevent unauthorized access, privilege escalation, and cross-tenant risk.

Optimized secure transport with Versa SASE Fabric

Learn how Versa SASE Fabric provides a unified, globally distributed architecture that provides optimal transport with robust integrated security.

From Breach to Resilience: Eliminating Threats Through Network Transformation

The transformation from traditional networks to the modern software-defined LAN (SD-LAN) presents a significant challenge for organizations across all industries. This whitepaper explores how one manufacturing company was impacted by their legacy network, and how they addressed the challenges of evolving its network infrastructure to address the demands of today's modern workloads, distributed workforce, and constantly evolving security threats.

Product Datasheets

VersaONE Universal SASE

VersaONE converges SASE, SSE, SD-WAN, and SD-LAN on a single platform to securely connect all users, devices, workloads, and networks.

VOS

VOS enables businesses, organizations, and service providers to deploy a broad spectrum of software-defined solutions in branch offices, cloud, campus and data centers.

Versa Endpoint Client

Versa Endpoint Client is a cross-platform software agent integrated within Versa’s SASE framework. Versa Endpoint Client allows organizations to maintain secure connections to on-premises and cloud-based resources from any location.

Versa Analytics

Versa Analytics is purpose-built for Versa Secure SD-WAN for use-case focused analytics covering SD-Routing, SD-WAN, SD-Security, and SD-Branch.

Solution Briefs

Versa Secure SD-LAN

Extend the same software-defined fabric you already run in the WAN into your campus and branch LAN.

Secure Clientless Access with SSE: Reverse Proxy-Based ZTNA

Versa clientless reverse proxy delivers secure, browser-only access to internal apps without agents, VPNs, or network exposure, enforcing Zero Trust with full Layer-7 inspection at a single control point.

Optimizing SSE Connectivity with Trusted Network Detection (TND) and Trusted Network Host (TNH)

When remote users connect from trusted branch networks, SASE clients can build redundant tunnels that add latency and obscure branch visibility. Versa's Trusted Network Host (TNH) and Trusted Network Detection (TND) let the SASE client recognize trusted networks and suppress unnecessary tunnels, balancing security, performance, and Zero Trust policy enforcement.

Extending Sovereign SASE with Advanced Security Capabilities

Versa provides sovereignty and advanced security without compromise by hosting all Advanced Security Cloud (ASC) capabilities like API security, RBI, and threat protection on customer-owned infrastructure instead of external clouds.