The Magic Quadrant for SSE and Getting SASE Right with Steve Riley, Field CTO at Netskope

This bonus episode features an interview with Steve Riley, Field CTO of Netskope. Steve is a widely-renowned expert speaker, author, researcher, and analyst. Prior to Netskope, Steve came from Gartner, where for five years he maintained a collection of cloud security research that included the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers and the Market Guide for Zero Trust Network Access.

In this episode, Mike and Steve discuss the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE), Netskope’s positioning, and how the current economic climate will impact the SASE journey.

Get your complimentary copy of the 2023 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Security Service Edge report and review the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge

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“I would say that there's a lot of power in the singles. The single policy framework, the single console, the single agent. I've talked to a lot of folks who complain about having to log into multiple consoles, multiple single panes of glass, as some people might want to say. And they love the fact that when they come to Netskope, it's one spot. The singles are helping us eliminate all of these acronyms and eliminate all of the ways [of] thinking differently about the different destinations and having that unified policy mindset.” – Steve Riley

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Episode Timestamps:

*(03:58): Steve’s background at Gartner  

*(07:57): Steve discusses the importance of last year’s SSE MQ

*(10:49): What’s changed about SSE in the last year

*(19:51): How Netskope’s positioning furthers the SASE journey

*(24:43): How the current economic climate will affect SASE

*(34:29): The most important outcome of getting SASE right

*(37:45): Why SASE is the right bet to make

*(40:13): 2030 Goggles

*(44:11): Quick Hits

*(48:23): Mike’s 3 takeaways from his conversation with Steve

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Links:

Connect with Steve Riley on LinkedIn

Connect with Mike Anderson LinkedIn

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