Unified Sase: The Third Era Of Network Security
Fortinet News, Thursday, April 11th, 2024
It should come as no surprise that the three largest cybersecurity markets today are endpoint security, network security, and identity. Yes, there are other large cybersecurity markets, such as email security, web security, cloud security, SIEM, and SOC, but the three I singled out account for over 50% of the cybersecurity market and are a big part of any customer's budget.
Of course, like any market or technology, network security has undergone several cycles of evolution over the past couple of decades, especially as new features have been added or consolidated into a platform. Today, network security has begun its third era of growth-but where did it all begin?
The First Era of Network Security: The Stateful Firewall
Trust everything and connect everything as fast as possible. That original objective of networking remains true today. However, malicious actors quickly made it their job to exploit those connections. So, back in the mid-1990s, the stateful firewall was invented to control access to private networks.