Netskope’s 20/20 Vision and Recognition as a SASE Leader

Netskope has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant^TM for SASE Platforms. This is the second successive year, and we are now positioned furthest in vision in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant^TM reports for BOTH SASE Platforms and SSE. That’s what we, at Netskope, call “20/20 Vision.”

In this year’s 2025 Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms report, Gartner defined four key Use Cases. Netskope ranked first in the Foundational SASE Platform, Zero Trust SASE Platform, and “Coffee Shop” Networking Use Cases, and second in the Secure Branch Network Modernization Use Case.  We feel that this recognition showcases our broad and deep expertise across SASE adoption scenarios. 

For us, this recognition as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant^TM for SASE Platforms validates our vision and commitment to customers’ diverse needs. I am incredibly proud of our team’s perseverance in delivering value and outcomes, and thankful to our customers for their partnership. We are positioned furthest in vision for both SSE and SASE, which we feel gives us 20/20 vision.

One platform for every use case and every enterprise

The enterprise landscape has evolved dramatically. First, the pandemic reshaped the enterprise landscape, forcing organizations to secure and optimize users and devices, no matter where they were. As the traditional perimeter dissolved, SASE emerged, simplifying security and networking for remote users, devices, branches, and cloud.

Now, we stand at yet another inflection point: by 2028, the vast majority of traffic will be non-human generated, driven by AI agents, robots, microservices and millions of APIs. Among recent technological advancements, AI is arguably the biggest disruptor since the internet and cloud computing. The enterprise perimeter has expanded once more, demanding a new kind of SASE architecture, one that secures both human and non-human interactions across an expanded, dynamic, and compute-intensive enterprise edge. 

Customer needs are just as diverse. While mid-market companies prioritize simplicity, speed, and ease of use, large enterprises require significantly more granular controls, and both advanced security and advanced networking. Traditionally security controls and user experience have been seen as conflicting demands, and most vendors still force trade-offs between usability and advanced capabilities, or between security and performance. This is no longer acceptable, and should no longer be accepted either.

What sets Netskope apart is its ability to serve the full spectrum of use cases and customers, from human to non-human generated traffic, from mid-sized businesses to global enterprises, with no sacrifices, no gaps, and no trade-offs. Period.

A true SASE platform requires more than simply a combination of SSE and SD-WAN. When fully integrated into a single, seamless platform, the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts, with unified visibility, consistent policy enforcement, advanced security, intelligent traffic optimization, simplified user experience, and tangible business value. At Netskope, we believe a true SASE platform must bring SSE and SD-WAN together across five key pillars.

• One Console – As organizations converge networking and security, fragmented toolsets create friction, complexity, and risk. Some vendors offer a unified console but then sacrifice depth for simplicity. Netskope delivers a truly unified SASE console, designed to scale from mid-market to global enterprise environments. It brings together advanced security, advanced networking, and deep observability, all in a single interface purpose-built to meet the complex demands of large, global organizations. With granular role-based access control (RBAC), the console intelligently adapts offering a streamlined, simplified UI tailored for mid-market customers. No compromises, no silos; the right experience for every user.
• One Engine – Implementing an effective zero trust model is increasingly challenging for organizations. Most SASE solutions lack the contextual intelligence needed for granular, dynamic policy enforcement and those that do, fail to share these insights in a unified manner between branch and the cloud. Netskope One does this by sharing Zero Trust Engine/control plane intelligence across SSE and SD-WAN seamlessly. It continuously analyzes telemetry across users, devices, applications and risks, to drive real-time, granular context-aware policies. For example, SSE can coach users accessing high risk apps while SD-WAN can de-prioritize that traffic.
• One Client – Now that hybrid work is the norm, users need secure, high-performance access from anywhere. Traditional solutions, generally involving multiple security agents and the deployment of SD-WAN appliances for every user, pose challenges that are complex, impractical, and deny scalability. Netskope offers a single, lightweight SASE client that fully replaces legacy VPN, delivers SD-WAN performance optimization, and provides access to the full suite of SSE services. There’s no need for legacy VPNs, multiple agents, or manual provisioning. It’s modern access, delivered simply and seamlessly, wherever work happens.
• One Gateway – Traditional SD-WAN vendors lack the visibility and control to manage thousands of SaaS apps and the explosion of IoT devices. Legacy branch offices rely on stacks of appliances and, to introduce new services, more appliances are shipped which makes the branch cumbersome and hard to scale. Netskope’s modern on-prem unified SASE gateway delivers visibility and control for cloud apps and IoT devices with modular, app store-like extensibility for rapidly deploying new services, including Netskope One SD-WAN, Firewall, Device Intelligence, DEM, and even third-party applications. It’s everything you need in a modern, scalable, plug-and-play footprint optimized for today’s smart branch.
• One Network – Some vendors host either SSE or SD-WAN in the cloud and market themselves as “SASE.” A few vendors deliver both SSE and SD-WAN but force all traffic through their PoPs, lacking direct site-to-site support and forcing rigid architectures. Others rely on the public cloud, limiting global reach and introducing architectures over which they can provide no useful SLAs. Netskope’s NewEdge Network provides global coverage with full compute and both SSE and SD-WAN in every data center. Netskope SD-WAN enables the combination of topologies including site-to-site, site-to-cloud, and cloud-to-cloud to meet complex networking and security needs. No rigid paths. Just performance, coverage, and flexibility that modern enterprises need to connect and protect anything, anywhere.

As the enterprise landscape evolves rapidly, with new challenges from both human and non-human traffic and an ever-expanding perimeter, Netskope remains uniquely positioned to lead the way. Our comprehensive, fully integrated SASE platform empowers organizations of all sizes and complexities to secure, accelerate, and simplify their digital transformation journeys without trade-offs. We believe that our recognition as Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms, and our ranking across ALL Use Cases, validates our relentless commitment to innovation, customer success, and the future of secure networking.

The future of SASE is here—and Netskope is ready to help you embrace it. 

Download your complimentary copy of the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant^TM for SASE Platforms report and the 2025 Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms report.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms, Jonathan Forest, Neil MacDonald, Dale Koeppen, 9 July 2025.

Gartner, Critical Capabilities for SASE Platforms, Jonathan Forest, John Watts, July 16 2025.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge, Thomas Lintemuth, Charlie Winckless, Dale Koeppen, Charanpal Bhogal, 20 May 2025.

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