Versa SASE Earns Zero Trust Security Excellence Award

Versa is Only SASE Solution to Win the Zero Trust Award; Recognized for Delivering Industry’s Most Complete SASE Integration of Comprehensive Security and Networking Functionalities

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Versa Networks, the recognized secure access service edge (SASE) leader, today announced that its industry-leading Versa SASE has won the Zero Trust Security Excellence Award, presented by TMC, a global, integrated media company. Versa SASE was the only SASE solution to be named a winner in the awards competition, which recognizes the leaders and pioneers in the industry offering the most innovation, effective solutions.

“We are honored to be the only SASE solution to win the Zero Trust Security Excellence Award, and to be recognized as offering the most complete SASE integration offering Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), a critical requirement for customers,” said Michael Wood, Chief Marketing Officer for Versa Networks. “Versa SASE delivers unique integration of networking and security SASE services – including ZTNA – via the cloud or, if customers prefer, delivered on-premises or as a blended combination of both. Versa SASE offers the most comprehensive range of security and ZTNA services, and organizations around the world look to Versa as a strategic partner to address their complex secure access, networking and digital transformation needs. Versa is the modern secure network.”

ZTNA is a key functionality of Versa SASE, which delivers tightly integrated services via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both via Versa Operating System (VOS™) with a Single-Pass Parallel Processing architecture and managed through a single pane of glass. Versa began delivering SASE services such as VPN, Secure SD-WAN, Edge Compute Protection, Next-Generation Firewall, Next-Generation Firewall as a Service, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and ZTNA more than five years ago. Versa uniquely provides contextual security based on user, role, device, application, location, security posture of the device, and content.

“It gives me great pleasure to honor the recipients of the TMCnet Zero Trust Security Excellence Award,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “The award recognizes solutions providers championing the ‘trust nothing, verify everything’ mantra of a Zero Trust approach to security at a time when businesses are facing more complex and frequent threats than ever. The TMCnet Team is thoroughly impressed and congratulates the recipients.”

As the leader in SASE, the fastest growing security and networking category, and executing on SASE services for years, Versa is the only solution proven to deliver the industry’s leading and differentiated architecture for high performance and security. Dell’Oro Group listed Versa as the 2021 SASE market share leader with 84-percent market share for the unified category in its 4Q21 Network Security Quarterly Report; and Frost and Sullivan ranks Versa as the #2 worldwide market share leader in SASE. Gartner has identified Versa SASE as having the most SASE components out of all 56 vendors Gartner evaluated. Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) also found that Versa SASE has the most SASE supported functions, as published in its industry report.

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About Versa Networks

Versa Networks, the leader in SASE, combines extensive security, advanced networking, industry-leading SD-WAN, genuine multitenancy, and sophisticated analytics via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both to meet SASE requirements for small to extremely large enterprises and Service Providers, and via the simplified Versa Titan cloud service designed for Lean IT. Thousands of customers globally with hundreds of thousands of sites trust Versa with their networks, security, and clouds. Versa Networks is privately held and funded by Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Artis Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Global Ventures, Princeville Capital, RPS Ventures and Triangle Peak Partners. For more information, visit https://www.versa-networks.com or follow Versa Networks on Twitter @versanetworks.

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