Data Quadrant Awards 2024
Secure Access Service Edge
SoftwareReviews names Cisco Umbrella, Cloudflare, and adam:ONE as Secure Access Service Edge Data Quadrant Award Winners.
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Secure Access Service Edge
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Gold Medalists
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
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93%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
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.
8.4
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+95
Emotional
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90%
Likeliness to
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to Recommend
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®).
8.3
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+93
Emotional
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94%
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Likeliness
to Recommend
Vendor Capability Awards
Availability and Quality of Training
Proofpoint Information and Cloud Security Platform
Breadth of Features
Cisco Umbrella
Business Value Created
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Ease of Customization
VMware SASE
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
Cisco Umbrella
Quality of Features
Cisco Umbrella
Usability and Intuitiveness
Cisco Umbrella
Vendor Support
Prisma Access
Vendor Capability Awards
Availability and Quality of Training
Proofpoint Information and Cloud Security Platform
Breadth of Features
Cisco Umbrella
Business Value Created
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
Ease of Customization
VMware SASE
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
Cisco Umbrella
Quality of Features
Cisco Umbrella
Usability and Intuitiveness
Cisco Umbrella
Vendor Support
Prisma Access
Other Evaluated Vendors
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.
8.1
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+97
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
84%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
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.
8.0
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+97
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
91%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
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
8.0
Composite
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Composite
Score
+96
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
86%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
Zscaler
Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange
As cyberattacks become more sophisticated and users work from anywhere, the hub-and-spoke networks and perimeter security we once relied on—VPNs and firewalls—fail to provide strong cyber and data protection and deliver poor user experience. Stretching your network like this enables cybercriminals to attack and compromise sensitive data.
8.0
Composite
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Composite
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+89
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
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95%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
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.
8.0
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+97
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
88%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
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.
7.9
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+99
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
89%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
Proofpoint
Proofpoint Information and Cloud Security Platform
Cloud apps are changing the way people collaborate and run their businesses. However, this new architecture introduces new security risks. With Proofpoint Cloud Security solutions, you can govern access to the web, cloud services and private applications. You can also detect, investigate and defend against cybercriminals attempting to access your sensitive data and trusted accounts.
7.9
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+95
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
87%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
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.
7.6
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+87
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
82%
Likeliness to
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Likeliness
to Recommend
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.
7.1
Composite
Score
Composite
Score
+86
Emotional
Footprint
Emotional
Footprint
78%
Likeliness to
Recommend
Likeliness
to Recommend
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