The Great Security Stack Purge is Here Gartner predicts the SASE market will hit $28.5B by 2028, not because it’s revolutionary—but because enterprises are desperate to stop playing whack-a-mole with 83 security tools from 29 vendors. Finally.
Why CISOs Are Burning Their Vendor Rolodexes
- Tool sprawl costs 5% of revenue (IBM/Palo Alto study)—because nothing says “efficiency” like paying for overlapping solutions that can’t talk to each other.
- AI attacks exploit 200ms gaps between vendor handoffs. Multicloud complexity isn’t just annoying; it’s a free buffet for hackers. 🍽️
- 75% of orgs now consolidate (up from 29% in 2022). Translation: CISOs are done pretending their Frankenstack is “best-of-breed.”
The SASE Contenders: Who’s Selling Snake Oil?
- Cato Networks (“Unified UI”): The golden child, if you ignore their “maturing” on-prem firewalling.
- Palo Alto (“Security-first”): Translation: “Pay more, click more.” Their new console is less intuitive—impressive for a $4B company.
- Netskope (“Strong DLP”): Also strong in “operational complexity.” Pick your poison. The irony? SASE isn’t even new tech—it’s just networking and security glued together with cloud duct tape. But when your alternatives are a Jenga tower of vulnerabilities or a unified platform, even duct tape starts looking like a masterpiece. 🔥 PS: If your CISO isn’t consolidating yet, ask them how they enjoy troubleshooting misconfigurations at 2 AM.