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Ken here from Cyberse. Welcome to Secure (with Context), your no-BS guide to smarter security decisions.

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✅ Cut through vendor hype
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...with a touch of the jaded-dark-humor that you can only get from a fellow cybersecurity practitioner.

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While not as popular in today’s hype-cycle, network security gets security done. 🔐

We partnered with our network security expert to create Cyberse’s updated #networksecurity guide including top product picks for small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large enterprises.

Which tools are winning for you… and which ones are not? 😅

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While the conversation today is dominated by AI, the real growth in spend is coming from consolidated, platform solutions like SASE.

We had to dig a bit to find a great Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) guide.

Francis Odum's SASE deep-dive, written in 2023 (pre-AI hype cycle), is still a seminal piece breaking down SASE's (confusing) terminology, the architecture, and vendors.

As he pointed out, SASE is a purpose-built set of capabilities designed for the world today: cloud-first and work-from-anywhere.

Hype words (like Zero Trust) aside, SASE represents the continued journey of integrating and bringing together your network, cloud, and application security defenses.

While SASE has not been the cybersecurity boom predicted by Gartner (est. $15B in 2025), it is still growing by double-digits at a 20% CAGR, compared to the overall cybersecurity industry (~13% CAGR).

The numbers don't lie. Companies are investing in SASE even though AI and AI security have been dominating the news.

Source: SASE Breakdown: A Deep-dive And The Key Players To Watch In 2023