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The AI-Era Network Is Here. How Enterprises Make It Consumable Is the Next Chapter.
Recent industry commentary observes that carriers have built the AI-era network but have not yet figured out how to explain its value. Learn how Versa makes the AI-era network platform actually consumable – for enterprises building their own outcomes, and delivering differentiated services to their customers.
What Enterprises Really Want from SASE Consolidation
A new survey by technology research firm Futuriom on the evolution of SASE platforms shows that 92% of enterprises are pursuing SASE consolidation, and that security visibility, operational simplicity, and control matter more to them than cost savings. This post walks through the survey’s findings on current operational pain points to be addressed by SASE, consolidation drivers, migration concerns, and the rise of digital sovereignty as a top priority.
Security Without Compromise: What the 2026 NSS Labs Cloud Network Firewall Tests Tell Us
The 2026 NSS Labs Comparative Test Report for Cloud Network Firewalls evaluated nine leading cloud-native and third-party firewalls under identical conditions, measuring security effectiveness, performance, TLS support, stability, and cost. As AI drives up encrypted traffic volumes and enables more evasive attacks, the results show that enterprises no longer have to trade protection against performance or cost. Versa NGFW earned NSS Labs’ “Recommended” rating for the second consecutive year, pairing 99.91% security effectiveness with the fastest rated throughput and the second-lowest cost per Mbps of any vendor tested.
Federal Zero Trust Maturity: Aligning Mission, Security, and Cost
Federal zero trust maturity now depends on more than security controls. Agencies must also cut the cost of fragmented network and security stacks and keep citizen services running. This post explains how device consolidation, a software-defined WAN, and careful sequencing let agencies meet all three goals together.
Your Next Switch Refresh Is an Architecture Decision, Not a Purchase Order
Campus switching estates turn over every five to seven years, and the refresh is usually run as a procurement exercise rather than an architectural one. This post examines the operational costs that sit outside the hardware line item, explains why software-defined networking largely stopped at the WAN edge, and shows how Versa Secure SD-LAN extends one fabric and one operating system into the LAN so that the refresh becomes the moment the operating model changes.
Europe’s Data Sovereignty Reckoning: Why Sovereign SASE Matters
Data sovereignty in Europe now extends beyond where data is stored to who controls the infrastructure that accesses, inspects, logs and governs it. The blog explains how the CLOUD Act and geopolitics expose gaps in residency-only strategies, why sovereign cloud alone is insufficient, and how Versa Sovereign SASE extends sovereignty across the full access and operational stack.
Beyond Integration: Why a Truly Unified Branch Needs Intelligent Edge, Pervasive Security, and AI-Native Operations
Piecemeal SASE creates security debt. See how Versa unifies pervasive security, intelligent edge, and AI-native operations on one platform.
New Gartner SASE Platforms Reports are Out – Versa Featured Again
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.
The EU’s Digital Borders Call for Sovereign Access, Not Just Sovereign Cloud
As a result of Europe’s sovereignty shift, Sovereign Cloud data residency is no longer sufficient. Sovereign Access is necessary, and for modern enterprises that is why Sovereign SASE is becoming a core requirement for digital sovereignty.
The Network Is the Platform: Why Convergence at the WAN, LAN, and Security Defines the Next Era of Infrastructure
The network is no longer beneath the platform — it IS the platform. Learn why converging SD-WAN, SD-LAN, and SSE on one stack matters.
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Versa Secure SD-WAN and AWS Cloud WAN Tunnel-Less Connect
By Leo Jiao
Sr. Systems Engineer. Versa Networks
October 24, 2023
Today, AWS announced Tunnel-less Connect on Cloud WAN. This new capability provides customers with a simple, high-performance mechanism to build a global SD-WAN architecture using AWS Global Network as a middle-mile transport network. With this capability, SD-WAN appliances can natively peer with Cloud WAN using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) without the need for tunneling. Native BGP support between SD-WAN appliances in a VPC and AWS Cloud WAN, without the need for tunnels, simplifies the extension of SD-WAN deployments in AWS cloud and enables access to AWS’ high bandwidth global network for branch-to-cloud connectivity. As part of this announcement, Versa Secure…
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The Need for Software Defined Adaptive Micro-Segmentation
By Dogu Narin
VP of Product Management, Versa Networks
October 24, 2023
As cyber-attacks become increasingly sophisticated and the likelihood of threats in the infrastructure rise, our customers have explored new ways to not only secure the initial point of access but also mechanisms to continuously monitor their security posture.
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The Need for Zero Trust Networking – Part 1
By Kelly Ahuja
CEO, Versa Networks
October 18, 2023
This article is structured as a two-part blog series. The first part explores the evolving digital landscape. We’ll discuss the limitations of traditional security and networking models in the face of a hybrid environment that seamlessly interconnects WAN, LAN, Cloud, and Data Center. The second part introduces the concept of Zero Trust Networking – an approach to address the nuanced challenges of modern enterprises by seamlessly integrating security and networking components across WAN, LAN, Cloud, and Data Center. The Need for Zero Trust Networking Digital transformation and an increased cyber threat landscape is rapidly evolving the needs of a cloud…
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A Pragmatic View of Breaking and Inspecting SSL
By Mark Harman
Sr. Systems Engineer, Versa Networks
October 11, 2023
SSL Break and Inspect (B&I) has always been a point of contention in the security world. On the one hand, we have the network security teams saying, “We should inspect everything on our network and not allow anything that we cannot inspect.”
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Securing Generative AI Tools
By Sridhar Iyer
Director, Machine Learning & AI
August 21, 2023
Harness ChatGPT for productivity and secure against data leakage, credential abuse and privacy risks.
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In Defense of SD-WAN and the Power of Zero Trust Everywhere
By Kumar Mehta
Founder and CDO, Versa Networks
July 31, 2023
I recently read an article in CRN where Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry stated that he’s not a believer in SASE because he thinks “SD-WAN is anti-zero trust.” I respect Jay immensely, but I must respectfully disagree with this statement.
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Riding the Storm-0978: Mitigating Trojanized Microsoft Office Exploits
By Naganathan S J
Staff Security Engineer - Research
July 28, 2023
Cyber criminal organization based out of Russia known as RomCom have been very active lately targeting Ukraine and its military. The threat actors were targeting European government officials with phishing emails containing lure documents around the current political situation.
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How To Create a More Secure World: replacing inadequate VPNs with ZTNA Follow-up
By Jon Taylor
Director and Principal of Security, Versa Networks
July 21, 2023
The global pandemic and rise in remote work has forced organizations to review how they provide remote workers access to IT resources. Existing solutions based on virtual private networks (VPN) can’t keep pace with the scale of remote users and often lead to a poor end-user experience.
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A Quick Look at How To Secure The Manufacturing Plant Floor
By Jon Taylor
Director and Principal of Security, Versa Networks
April 18, 2023
Learn about the fears and solutions around the manufacturing plant floor also known as non-carpeted areas and how the Versa Networks Zero Trust Everywhere solution can meet requirements and strengthen the security footprint for the operational technology systems.
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Healthcare Means Security
By Jon Taylor
Director and Principal of Security, Versa Networks
January 12, 2023
Cybersecurity is crucial in all industries, but it is especially important in the healthcare sector. Let Versa Networks take you through the reasons cyber security is of upmost importance in healthcare, some scenarios of what can and has happened, and what Versa Networks can do to improve security in healthcare while increasing the security posture, reducing TCO, and easing the stress of the engineering staff through simplified management and reporting.
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2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms
Versa has for the fourth consecutive year been recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms1 and is one of only 12 vendors that met the criteria for inclusion based on the analysts’ evaluation of the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform.