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Imagined as able to integrate directly with all the resources used by any organization, sans hardware, a
SASE product will make it stunningly simple for the average IT employee to segment the network and
create custom access profiles based on user roles, devices, or locations. At the same time he or she can
enforce the use of advanced security features still sold separately, like IPSec tunneling, 2FA, DNS
filtering, FWaaS, and CASB, and route employee traffic through secured gateways closest to wherever
they choose to work.

The Beacon is Lit

It wasn’t the idea of SASE that signaled the starting gun for the security sector’s space race, it was the
rush to support remote workers and the off-hand realization that SASE was a prebuilt solution. The rising
trend of remote work has then also paralleled the prevalence of SASE in the market, and significant
progress has occurred in the space to bring the horizon closer. In the near future, any enterprise-level
company will only need to deploy a single product to secure its local and cloud networks, and the
employees connecting to them from couches and cafes around the world.

Mergers and acquisitions are happening at breakneck speed in the security industry right now, and the
landscape a year from now will be nearly unrecognizable. Reminiscent of how other industries have seen
their products and services consolidated (the evolution of Microsoft’s product suite into Office 365 is a
clear example), security is soon to become a matter of simply point, and click.

About the Author

Amit Bareket is the Co-Founder and CEO of Perimeter 81. Amit is
a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in system
architecture and software development. He is the author of 8
patents issued by the USPTO for storage, mobile applications and
user interface. Prior to Perimeter 81, Amit worked as a Software
Engineer for major enterprises including IBM XIV Storage and
BigBand Networks. He served in the Israel Defense Force’s elite
cyber intelligence unit and graduated Cum Laude with a B.Sc. in
Computer Science and Economics from Tel Aviv University.

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