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The goal of platformization “has been elusive in the past, with many large infrastructure companies and security-focused vendors failing to convince the market that the benefits of a consolidated solution outweighed the risks of using ‘good enough’ solutions.
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As a SASE product professional at one of the most prominent cybersecurity technology companies in the world, you can bet the fact that SASE was in the Trough of Disillusionment caught my attention. 4 There are networking vendors and cybersecurity companies, but very few specialize in both, a necessity for SASE.
Plaza noted that Netskope has its own private security cloud, and the company owns and manages its interconnection strategy, meaning it owns the network connectivity that goes to the various applications. “We He also stressed that Netskope is taking a proactive approach.
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