TRANSIT LOG

Transit Log: SASE analysis from the vendors' own pages

Short answer

Eight analysis posts on what the six SASE vendors on this site publish, and how to use it in a buying decision. Every vendor fact links to the page it came from.

News
SASE analyst placements in 2026, in each vendor's own words
Each of the six vendors on this site cites an analyst placement on its own pages. Cato, Zscaler and Netskope state Leader placements in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms, Palo Alto Networks states a 4X Leader placement, Fortinet describes itself as a Challenger, and Cisco states it was named a SASE Leader without naming the report. We quote them and do not score them.
2026-10-11 · 3 min read
News
SASE roundup: dated announcements on the six vendors' pages
This roundup covers dated items we found on the six vendors' own pages, from September 2025 to July 2026, plus undated product items from the same pages. The clearest themes are AI security, agent controls and consolidation onto single platforms.
2026-10-12 · 4 min read
Buying
A SASE RFP checklist built from what vendors publish
This checklist turns our eight criteria into RFP questions. It focuses on the gaps we found while reading the six vendors' pages: undefined network counts, missing SLA terms, unstated certification scope, absent response records and unpublished pricing.
2026-10-14 · 3 min read
AI security
Coding agents and SASE: what vendors say about Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
AI coding agents act on code, terminals and internal tools, so they are a new kind of user for a SASE platform to govern. Cato names enforcement for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, Netskope inventories MCP clients including Cursor and VS Code, Zscaler describes inline controls for AI developer tools and Palo Alto Networks describes securing AI coding agents.
2026-10-16 · 3 min read
Access
Replacing VPN with ZTNA inside a SASE platform
Every vendor on this site lists ZTNA, but the access methods differ: agents, browser extensions, enterprise browsers, clientless portals and VPN as a service. Match the methods to your user groups before comparing anything else.
2026-10-17 · 3 min read
Networks · Buying
Uptime, threats and signals: how to read SASE vendor numbers
SASE vendors publish many numbers: uptime SLAs, PoP and data center counts, threats blocked, daily signals, app catalogue sizes and CVE response times. Each is the vendor's own figure, measured its own way. Read the unit and the basis before you compare.
2026-10-19 · 3 min read
Architecture · Compliance
Sovereign and self-hosted options in SASE: what vendors describe
Most SASE is delivered from the vendor's cloud. Fortinet describes a FortiSASE Sovereign option deployed in the customer's own data centers, and Cato describes on-premises protection for homegrown AI apps through Outposts. The other vendors do not describe self-hosted options on the pages we read.
2026-10-21 · 3 min read
Architecture · Networks
SD-WAN inside SASE: how each vendor ships the networking half
Every vendor on this site offers SD-WAN in some form, but they ship it differently: as a cloud service on the same platform, as a separate product line under shared management, or as a zero trust branch alternative to classic SD-WAN. How it is shipped decides how much of SASE is truly one service.
2026-10-23 · 3 min read