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Data Quadrant Awards 2023

Secure Access Service Edge


SoftwareReviews names adam:ONE, Cisco Umbrella, VMware SASE, Zscaler Secure Access Service Edge, and Prisma Access as Secure Access Service Edge Data Quadrant Award Winners.


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Secure Access Service Edge

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Secure Access Service Edge Data Quadrant

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Gold Medalists


Adam Networks

adam:ONE

adam:ONE® is a SASE solution focused on Zero Trust connectivity at each network edge. It is compatible with all types of IP network deployments, on-premise or cloud-centric. The system functions without agents, tunnels, proxies or the need to break encryption and is thus also effective for OT. Some of the core elements are: dynamic machine driven allowlisting; egress control by preventing traffic that did not originate with a permitted DNS query, using Don’t Talk to Strangers (DTTS)® and threat intelligence aggregation (DNSharmony®).

9.0

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+93

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

94%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
17Reviews

Cisco Systems

Cisco Umbrella

Cisco Umbrella offers flexible, cloud-delivered security when and how you need it. It combines multiple security functions into one solution, so you can extend protection to devices, remote users, and distributed locations anywhere.

8.9

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+95

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

91%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
19Reviews

VMware, Inc.

VMware SASE

VMware SASE Platform provides secure, reliable, and optimized access to traditional and new applications for mobile clients, branches, and campuses with a single, holistic solution. The secure access service edge (SASE) platform that converges cloud networking and cloud security service to deliver flexibility, agility, and scale for enterprises of all sizes.

8.8

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Score

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+97

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

84%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
13Reviews

Zscaler

Zscaler Secure Access Service Edge

The Zscaler Cloud Security Platform is a SASE service built from the ground up for performance and scalability. As a globally distributed platform, users are always a short hop to their applications, and through peering with hundreds of partners in major internet exchanges around the world it ensures optimal performance and reliability for your users.

8.8

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Score

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Score

+90

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

96%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
10Reviews

Palo Alto Networks

Prisma Access

Prisma SASE is the secure foundation for agile, cloud-enabled organizations. Prisma SASE converges best-of-breed security with best-of-breed next-gen SD-WAN into the cloud-delivered platform. It consolidates multiple point products, including ZTNA, Cloud SWG, CASB, FWaaS, and SD-WAN, into a single integrated service, reducing network and security complexity while increasing organizational agility. Prisma SASE secures all apps used by your hybrid workforce, regardless of whether users are remote, mobile, or working from a branch office. Our proven cloud-delivered security services leverage ML-powered threat prevention.

8.7

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Score

Composite
Score

+97

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

91%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

Badge Winner
15Reviews

Vendor Capability Awards


Availability and Quality of Training

VMware SASE

Badge Winner

Breadth of Features

Cisco Umbrella

Badge Winner

Business Value Created

Zscaler Secure Access Service Edge

Badge Winner

Ease of Customization

Cisco Umbrella

Badge Winner

Ease of Data Integration

Cisco Umbrella

Badge Winner

Ease of IT Administration

VMware SASE

Badge Winner

Ease of Implementation

Lookout Secure Access Service Edge

Badge Winner

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

VMware SASE

Badge Winner

Quality of Features

Cisco Umbrella

Badge Winner

Usability and Intuitiveness

Cisco Umbrella

Badge Winner

Vendor Support

adam:ONE

Badge Winner

Vendor Capability Awards


Availability and Quality of Training

VMware SASE


Breadth of Features

Cisco Umbrella


Business Value Created

Zscaler Secure Access Service Edge


Ease of Customization

Cisco Umbrella


Ease of Data Integration

Cisco Umbrella


Ease of IT Administration

VMware SASE


Ease of Implementation

Lookout Secure Access Service Edge


Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

VMware SASE


Quality of Features

Cisco Umbrella


Usability and Intuitiveness

Cisco Umbrella


Vendor Support

adam:ONE


Other Evaluated Vendors


CloudFlare Inc

Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a global network designed to make everything you connect to the Internet secure, private, fast, and reliable. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with each new site added. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks.

8.6

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Score

Composite
Score

+94

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

91%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

22Reviews

CATO Networks

Cato SASE Cloud

Cato SASE cloud is a global converged cloud-native service that securely and optimally connects all branches, datacenters, people, and clouds. Cato can be gradually deployed to replace or augment legacy network services and security point solutions.

8.6

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+99

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

89%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

11Reviews

Aruba Networks

Aruba EdgeConnect

Aruba Edge-to-Cloud Security for the Intelligent Edge. Full visibility, control, and enforcement with a built-in foundation for Zero Trust and SASE frameworks.

8.6

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+99

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

89%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

17Reviews

Fortinet

Fortinet FortiSASE

SASE is the future of converged security and networking. From ZTNA, SWG to cloud-delivered NGFW, the Fortinet platform provides complete readiness for embracing SASE. SASE Solution - Cloud Delivered Security for Distributed Networks

8.4

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+96

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

87%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

18Reviews

Lookout Inc

Lookout Secure Access Service Edge

With users everywhere and apps and data in the cloud, work no longer occurs in designated locations. But this means the legacy perimeter is insufficient. To protect anywhere, anytime access to apps and data, you need security that is software-defined and cloud-delivered in order to regain the visibility and controls you once had.

8.2

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+87

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

82%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

13Reviews

Netskope

Netskope Cloud Security Platform

Netskope solutions, including Netskope Intelligent Security Service Edge (SSE) are built on the Netskope Security Cloud, providing unrivaled visibility and real-time data and threat protection when accessing cloud services, websites, and private apps from anywhere, on any device.

7.8

Composite
Score

Composite
Score

+85

Emotional
Footprint

Emotional
Footprint

82%

Likeliness to
Recommend

Likeliness
to Recommend

11Reviews

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