Posts tagged ‘Cloud Security’
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.
How Versa Sovereign SASE Answers the EU Technological Sovereignty Package
Versa Sovereign SASE answers the EU Technological Sovereignty Package by localizing all four operational planes, data, control, management, and jurisdiction, under EU law, rather than stopping at data residency.
The Essential Planes Every Sovereign SASE Vendor Must Support
“Sovereign SASE” has become a loosely used claim. This post breaks genuine sovereignty into four architectural planes — data, control, management, and jurisdiction — and shows how Versa Sovereign SASE, built on the VersaONE platform, is architected to satisfy all four, plus the questions that pressure-test any vendor’s claim.
Pervasive Security and Why the AI Era Needs a New Security Model
Attackers now exploit in hours while breaches take months to contain. Fragmented tools can’t close that gap. Here’s the case for Pervasive Security.
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.
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.
Your Next Firewall Refresh Is a Strategic Decision, Not a Renewal
Firewall refresh cycles feel like renewal paperwork—but they’re actually your best window to rethink security architecture. With switching costs at their lowest, this is the moment to move beyond legacy perimeter defense or poor device performance toward Zero Trust, SASE, and consolidated platforms, delivering higher performance at lower cost. Get the 6-step roadmap for a refresh that pays off for years.
Building Secure, AI-Optimized Data Centers: A Blueprint for CIOs and Network Architects
Artificial Intelligence is pushing enterprise data centers to their limits and most aren’t ready. As organizations deploy GPU-packed clusters and scale out AI inference, traditional architectures struggle to deliver the performance, scalability, and uncompromising security that modern AI demands. Regulated industry-based Enterprises or those with critical intellectual property or sensitive information are not willing to put their sensitive data on third-party clouds or AI applications hosted elsewhere.
Why SD-WAN Is Becoming Essential for AI Access in the Enterprise
AI applications are no longer tools used by a few teams for productivity or collaboration. They are rapidly becoming tools that help build core IT systems across every industry. From generative AI to NLP powered copilots to predictive analytics, enterprises are embedding AI into everyday operations, customer engagement and decision-making.
AI Thought Leadership
AI-Optimized Data Centers: The Non-Negotiable Blueprint for What’s Next
By Dogu Narin
VP of Product Management, Versa Networks
November 13, 2025
AI is everywhere—here’s the blueprint to outgrow legacy data centers: GPU-dense compute, ultra-low-latency fabrics, NVMe/parallel storage, direct cloud interconnects—knit together by Versa for true edge-to-cloud assurance.
Company Updates, Product & Engineering
Secure client access policies with Versa MCP configuration tool
By Arun Chandar
Lead Solution Architect
August 4, 2025
Automate SAC policy creation, auditing, and optimization with MCP configuration tool and LLM-powered secure access policy automation. Learn how.
Industry Insights
2025 Verizon DBIR Inside: Cybersecurity Trends from 12,000+ Data Breaches
By Sambuj Dhara
Product Analyst
June 9, 2025
Explore the 2025 Verizon DBIR with insights from 12,000+ breaches, highlighting ransomware trends, third-party risks, and BYOD vulnerabilities.
Company Updates
Sovereign SASE – What’s It All About?
By Anuj Dutia
VP, Global Solutions Strategy
February 26, 2025
Versa announced last week the general availability of Versa Sovereign SASE – it’s the culmination of work done with early adopters over the past two years, including already-up-and-running deployments by organizations in the defense, financial services, maritime, energy, and retail industries. This also includes several service providers who’ve announced their own SASE offerings riding on a Versa Sovereign SASE implementation – like T-Mobile SASE, Tata Communications Hosted SASE, Lumen SASE, and Crown Castle SASE.
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 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.
Company Updates
Versa Enhances Microsoft Azure vWAN Integration
By Yusuf Fidvi
Systems Engineer
August 29, 2024
Versa Networks, in partnership with Microsoft Azure, has released an enhancement to the Versa Operating System (VOS) Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) deployed in Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN). The changes to the existing offering are as follows: VOS is Versa’s multi-tenant, multi-service operating system and the integration extends the power of SASE, SSE, SD-WAN, and software-defined routing into the Microsoft Azure cloud. The VOS NVA, offered through the Azure Marketplace, is the same cloud-native Versa software deployed by over tens of thousands of enterprises worldwide. Using Versa, enterprises benefit from rich functionality to securely connect users to the applications on Microsoft…
Industry Insights
Unlocking the Power of SD-WAN and Hyperscalers‘ Backbone Highways
By Matej Kultan
Systems Engineer, Versa Networks
January 5, 2024
In today’s digital era, businesses require seamless connectivity and optimal application performance across their globally dispersed sites to stay productive. Combining Versa Networks Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) with Hyperscalers‘ “private highways” is an innovative approach to achieve this goal.
Company Updates
Zero Trust Networking – Part 2
By Kelly Ahuja
CEO, Versa Networks
October 26, 2023
The future will rely on an authentically Unified Zero Trust Networking platform – a singular, integrated platform meticulously crafted to seamlessly converges networking and security. What must Zero Trust Networking deliver?
Industry Insights
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…
Subscribe to the Versa Blog
Recent Posts
What Enterprises Really Want from SASE Consolidation
By Kevin SheuOctober 5, 2026
How Versa Sovereign SASE Answers the EU Technological Sovereignty Package
By Dhiraj SehgalSeptember 29, 2026
Topics
Top Tags
Gartner Research Report
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.