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Netskope named leader in SASE & SSE by major industry analysts
Netskope has been recognised by several industry analysts for its performance in the Security Service Edge (SSE) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) markets.
The company received the highest scores in three out of four Use Cases in the 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities report for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platforms.
In addition, Netskope was ranked among the top two vendors for all Use Cases in both the 2025 Critical Capabilities report for SSE and the 2025 Critical Capabilities report for SASE Platforms.
Gartner also recognised Netskope as a Leader for the second consecutive year in its 2025 Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms, and as a Leader for the fourth consecutive year in its 2025 Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge.
Gartner positioned Netskope furthest in its vision axis in both Magic Quadrants for SASE Platforms and SSE. The company also achieved Leader status in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and was acknowledged as a Leader in SSE by Forrester Research in 2024.
Netskope supports organisations in modernising for the cloud and artificial intelligence era by combining security, network, and analytics products within its unified Netskope One platform.
This architecture incorporates zero trust principles and SkopeAI, the company's suite of proprietary AI technologies, to optimise access, safeguard data, mitigate threats, and facilitate secure connectivity from any location.
Netskope One operates via the NewEdge network, which the company describes as a large-scale global private security cloud network.
The Netskope One platform encompasses requirements for SSE and SASE, integrating features such as Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Next-Generation Secure Web Gateway (Next-Gen SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), Enterprise Browser, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS), and Digital Experience Management (DEM).
Gartner recognition
The 2025 Gartner Critical Capabilities report assessed the solutions from 11 vendors across four key Use Cases for SASE platforms.
Netskope scored highest in the Foundational SASE Platform Use Case, Zero Trust SASE Platform Use Case, and "Coffee Shop" Networking Use Case. For the Secure Branch Network Modernisation Use Case, Netskope recorded the second highest score among the evaluated vendors. "We are very proud of our continued leadership in SASE, SSE, and other high-growth market categories," said Parag Thakore, Chief Product Officer, SASE, Netskope. "The power of our Netskope One platform means customers can benefit from advanced capabilities without trade-offs between security and network performance."
Ed Fox, Chief Technology Officer at MetTel, commented on the collaboration between the organisations and Netskope's reputation in the SASE and SSE markets. "We've worked with Netskope on integrating our global networks to deliver their leading SASE platform with our fully managed services and providing award-winning, AI-powered SASE solutions to enterprise and government teams worldwide," said Fox. "We believe that Netskope's leadership in SASE and SSE pairs very well with MetTel's 5-time Leader recognition in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services."
Recent product enhancements
Netskope has made several recent enhancements to its SASE offerings. The Netskope One Orchestrator, referred to as One Console, is a unified SASE console with scalable four-tier multi-tenant management. It supports centralised policy, data, and analytics management for SD-WAN and SSE from a single interface, scaling from midmarket to global enterprise environments with advanced security, networking, observability, and granular role-based access control.
One Gateway provides wireless connectivity options such as 5G with eSIM and Wi-Fi 6, supporting deployment as physical or virtual appliances in branches, data centres, or across multiple clouds. These gateways are designed to reduce the reliance on multiple point products and can run SD-WAN and additional AI-powered services, supporting both Netskope and third-party networking and security services.
The Netskope One Client is a unified SASE client that consolidates SD-WAN and Endpoint DLP with SSE, including ZTNA, SWG, RBI, and CASB. This eliminates the need for multiple agents and provides secure, optimised access to all applications. It also supports full VPN retirement and universal ZTNA capabilities to ensure a consistent experience regardless of user location.
Netskope's NewEdge infrastructure, comprising the One Network, offers global coverage with full-compute SSE and SD-WAN capabilities at every data centre. It delivers route control to address ISP issues rapidly and provides integrated secure SD-WAN services for a range of networking requirements, including site-to-site, site-to-cloud, and cloud-to-cloud connections.
The Zero Trust Engine, or One Engine, is designed to analyse applications and cloud services to manage content, context, application, device, and user risk. The intelligence generated feeds into SSE and SD-WAN for detailed, context-aware policies, and references a database of more than 83,000 applications rated by the Netskope Cloud Confidence Index. The platform supports automated application prioritisation, including for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and generative AI applications. Netskope One Gateway and SSE features are also integrated with switches and access points from multiple vendors, embedding AI-driven controls and enforcing segmentation policies dynamically.
