By Kevin Townsend on May 25, 2021 Gartner first gave name to the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) model, effectively defining it. SASE combines WAN and security as a cloud service. In 2019, Gartner wrote, "SASE is a new package of technologies including SD-WAN, SWG, CASB, ZTNA and FWaaS as core abilities, with the ability to identity sensitive data or malware and the ability to decrypt content at line speed, with continuous monitoring of sessions for risk and trust levels." Since that time, major security firms have been developing or acquiring SASE capabilities to build into their own platforms, leaving Cato Networks as one of the first and few pure SASE firm.