Industry Insights
When Faster Isn’t Better: How Per-Packet Load Balancing Throttles Your Critical Traffic
By Tayo Ogunseyinde
Systems Engineer
February 12, 2025
Imagine your network as a highway. Per-packet load balancing splits your data into tiny cars and sends them down multiple lanes, promising faster speeds. But what if some lanes have hidden potholes and traffic jams? For TCP, the protocol powering most of your critical apps, per-packet load-balancing can backfire spectacularly.
Industry Insights
How NGFW Fits into Your Zero Trust Strategy
By Brad LaPorte
Strategic Advisor
February 5, 2025
Zero Trust requires organizations to assume that threats can originate from anywhere—both inside and outside the network. This approach emphasizes strict identity verification and continuous monitoring to protect sensitive resources. Advanced security tools, such as Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs), play a pivotal role in implementing this strategy. These technologies provide enhanced visibility and granular access control to meet the demands of hybrid and cloud-first environments.
Product & Engineering
The Business Case for Transformation with Versa Secure SD-WAN
By Clint Bogard, SASE Evangelist
January 29, 2025
As businesses grow, so do the demands placed on their networks. At some point, the patchwork of legacy solutions becomes more of a bottleneck than a foundation for success. That’s where Versa Secure SD-WAN comes in – a modern, scalable platform designed to streamline operations, enhance security, and prepare your network for the future.
Industry Insights
IoT: New Horizons, New Risks
By Jon Taylor
Director and Principal of Security, Versa Networks
January 7, 2025
The Internet of Things (IoT) offers exciting new opportunities for growth and innovation. From fostering collaboration between organizations to enabling entirely new services, IoT is at the heart of many technological revolutions.
Product & Engineering
Data Protection and Security with Versa’s Endpoint DLP Solution
By Anusha Vaidyanathan
Sr. Director, Product Management
December 10, 2024
Data Protection and Security with Versa’s Endpoint DLP Solution In a hyper-digital and remote-working world, protecting sensitive data has become more critical than ever. Endpoint and network Data Loss Prevention (DLP) work together to provide data visibility and control, safeguarding businesses against potential breaches and compliance risks. For this blog, we’ll focus on the value of endpoint DLP and share some common use cases. Why Endpoint DLP Matters Endpoint DLP, along with network DLP, is an essential component for comprehensive data protection. In modern organizations, data continuously resides on and moves through endpoint devices like laptops, workstations, and mobile phones….
Company Updates
Unlock Effortless Security with Versa’s Cloud Firewall for AWS
By Rakesh Puri
Senior Director, Product Management
November 21, 2024
Today, Versa announced the availability of our Cloud Firewall for AWS. Our AAA-rated NGFW is now available to everyone with a self-service, pay-as-you-go subscription model. Read on to see feature details and how to get enterprise-grade security for your AWS cloud environments.
Company Updates
Versa SD-WAN and Microsoft Entra Combine for End-to-End Networking and Security
By Maurice Landrum
Solution Architect
November 19, 2024
Versa and Microsoft have partnered to integrate identity-centric internet access security with intelligent network connectivity. With sophisticated cyberattacks increasing year over year, organizations are scrambling to upgrade their access security and complement it with intelligent and secure transport at the WAN for improved end-to-end protection and performance.
Company Updates
VersaONE – The Future is in Networks that Protect Themselves
By Dan Maier
Chief Marketing Officer, Versa Networks
November 14, 2024
Today, Versa is announcing the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform. VersaONE enables organizations to create self-protecting networks that radically simplify and automate their network and security infrastructure. Powered by AI, the platform delivers converged SASE, SSE, SD-WAN, and SD-LAN solutions that securely connect all users, devices, workloads, and networks through a unified platform.
Company Updates
Versa Achieves Exceptional Results in CyberRatings.org SSE Threat Protection and ZTNA Tests
By Dan Maier
Chief Marketing Officer, Versa Networks
October 24, 2024
In the crowded landscape of cloud-delivered Security Service Edge (SSE), relying on vendor claims of performance and security can often lead to disappointment. Increasingly, enterprises are seeking actual test results to validate the solutions they are considering.
Industry Insights
ISACA Survey Points to Growing Threats and Lack of Automation
By Kevin Sheu
VP of Product Marketing
October 14, 2024
This latest survey is more confirmation that an oft-mentioned reality continues to be true – that the nature of threats keeps advancing and organizations frequently find themselves falling further and further behind. Far and away, the top reason given for increased stress isn’t low budgets or lack of training or failure of company leadership to prioritize security – even though these are among the reasons cited – it’s the “threat landscape is increasingly complex,” listed by 81 percent of respondents, nearly double the next-closest response.
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