Furthermore, in a public blog post by a prominent analyst, Gartner, Inc. has predicted that 30% of enterprises will adopt SWG, CASB, ZTNA and branch office firewall as a service (FWaaS) capabilities from the same vendor by 2024, up from less than 5% in 2020. The firm further predicts that by 2025, at least 60% of enterprises will have explicit strategies and timelines for SASE adoption encompassing user, branch, and edge access, up from 10% in 2020. In a recent survey of Trusted Advisors conducted by AVANT Research & Analytics, 85% of the respondents were familiar with SASE, and 35% have one or more engagements under way. In 67% of the responses, enhanced security was the customers’ most prominent objective, as shown in the table below. Copyright © 2021 AVANT Communications, Inc. AVANT | SASE 6-12 Report | 9