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Rethinking Edge Security: A Practical Path to SASE

Dark Reading · 25 Sept 2026

Key Takeaway SMBs should start moving away from perimeter-based security thinking and consider cloud-delivered security models that protect users and data wherever work happens.

As more businesses rely on cloud services, remote work and edge computing, traditional network security models are struggling to keep up. A recent guide highlights the need to rethink security governance for edge environments and offers a step-by-step approach to building a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) framework.

SASE combines networking and security functions into a single, cloud-delivered service, aiming to give organisations consistent protection no matter where their data, applications or users are located. For small and medium businesses increasingly using cloud tools and supporting remote staff, this shift in approach reflects a broader industry move away from securing a fixed office network toward securing users and data wherever they go.

While SASE adoption is often associated with larger enterprises, the underlying principles, such as centralising visibility and applying consistent security policies across all access points, are relevant to organisations of any size looking to modernise their defences.

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