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18 Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) For Dummies, Cisco Special Edition These materials are © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Getting Sassy with SASE In 2019, Gartner published a report called The Future of Network Security Is in the Cloud. In this report, Gartner introduced the secure access service edge (SASE) concept. The SASE concept includes an even wider set of security functionality than a SIG, and it includes the convergence of networking functionality as well. A SASE solu- tion can secure the cloud, data center, and branch network edges and deliver a secure SD-WAN fabric across disparate connections (see Figure 2-2). In The Future of Network Security Is in the Cloud, Gartner shared their prediction that "[b]y 2023, 20 percent of enterprises will have adopted SWG, CASB, [zero trust network access] and branch FWaaS capabilities from the same vendor up from less than 5 percent in 2019." FIGURE 2-2: SD-WAN is a critical networking element in SASE solutions that can direct traffic for the protection of cloud, data center, and branch edge networks.