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Kelly Ahuja, CEOOne of Versa’s clients had an interesting situation at hand when an employee was listening to music on a laptop through the Spotify application. As the laptop was connected to the internet through a corporate Virtual Private Network (VPN), Spotify streaming accounted for a significant portion of the bandwidth shared across the corporate ecosystem. The client could not mitigate the excessive data traffic across the allotted bandwidth, as they did not have adequate visibility or control over the applications that accessed the internet through the corporate VPN. With Versa’s solution in place, the client established a policy that allowed employees to use applications such as Spotify within acceptable use and bandwidth allocation policies, so that business critical apps would maintain bandwidth utilization priority. The policy ensured that the primary bandwidth paths remained unaffected by applications—that are not part of the corporate ecosystem— accessing the internet. A solution such as this allows Versa’s clients to monitor and regulate corporate networks effectively and safeguard them against infringements such as phishing and malware breaches that often occur due to third-party applications.
Versa’s unique value proposition lies in its secure-cloud IP platform that empowers organizations to attain business transformation by optimizing Software Defined Networks (SDNs). “We are on a mission to consolidate proprietary command line-based manual operations in hardware and streamline all of those operations and functionalities through software,” explains Ahuja.
The company’s SDN solutions enable clients to reap the benefits of Versa’s unified software suite that simplifies and automates various organizational processes, which would otherwise be achieved through multiple physical or virtual appliances. These benefits have earned the company a well-deserved recognition among its clientele—comprising over 65 service providers and 600 enterprises worldwide—as one of the go-to-solution providers in the SDN landscape.
Built on its Secure Cloud IP architecture, a next-generation software platform integrating security and networking services, Versa’s solutions allow organizations to orchestrate, visualize, and obtain analytics impacting their corporate network. This enables the elimination of redundant appliances such as legacy routers, WAN optimization devices, security hardware peripherals, and LTE backups through a single piece of software that checks all the boxes. Versa’s solution can be deployed at remote offices, data centers, public or private clouds along with WAN transports such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), broadband, or LTE channels for diversity and better network uptime. The solution has a built-in intelligence module to necessitate policies and prioritize tasks in accordance with the organizational requirements, which allow the network to run without external assistance.
Versa’s portfolio aids organizations that have multiple offices at different locations in gaining better transparency into the applications accessing the corporate servers. Adobe, one of Versa’s prominent clients, has deployed the company’s SDN solutions across their global network for corporate communications. The company’s SD-WAN routing and security functions helped Adobe work toward their vision of building an optimized network infrastructure to achieve performance milestones, deliver application-specific Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and accomplish organizational objectives. Its engagement with Adobe substantiates how Versa’s portfolio can be tailored to fit various go-to-market strategies of clients, through either a customized on-premise model or a do-it-yourself model for enterprises.
Versa Networks Teams up with Advantech for Large-scale SD-WAN deployments
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Versa Networks has been Recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Versa Networks Receives Highest Score for Large Global WAN Use Case for Versa (VOS™) in Gartner Critical Capabilities for WAN Edge Infrastructure Report
Friday, October 09, 2020
CRN Names Versa Networks One of 20 Coolest Network Security Companies of 2023
Monday, March 06, 2023
SANTA CLARA, Calif - Versa Networks, announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Versa as one of the industry’s 20 Coolest Network Security Companies of 2023.
According to CRN, “While its roots were in SD-WAN, Versa Networks has expanded to provide a full secure access service edge (SASE) platform that also includes capabilities in zero trust network access, secure web gateway, cloud access security broker, next-generation firewall-as-a-service, remote browser isolation, and more.” For more information, see https://www.crn.com/news/networking/the-20-coolest-network-security-companies-of-2023-the-security-100/20.
CRN also named Versa on its annual Security 100 list. This list recognizes leading IT channel security leaders who deliver a combination of channel focus and trailblazing and innovative technology to solution providers. Recipients chosen for this year’s Security 100 list were specifically selected by CRN editors for their outstanding channel-focused security offerings. The 2023 Security 100 list is featured in the February 2023 issue of CRN and online at www.crn.com/security100.
“With all the unexpected changes organizations have faced since the beginning of COVID-19, security still remains the most critical factor in business today,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “This year’s Security 100 list acknowledges industry-leading companies that deliver pioneering security offerings to the IT channel that can withstand a wide range of threats. These companies are laying the groundwork for the most advanced cybersecurity solutions.”
Versa’s single-vendor Unified SASE delivers organically developed best-of-breed functions that tightly integrate and deliver services via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both, managed through a single pane of glass. Versa delivers SASE services such as Secure SD-WAN, Next-Generation Firewall, Next-Generation Firewall as a Service, Cloud Network Firewall, Unified Threat Management (UTM) including Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), and User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA). Versa’s single-vendor Unified SASE platform goes above and beyond management console automation integration by providing the ability to integrate networks, points of presence, policy definitions, application definitions, agent logic, and data lakes.
“It’s an honor, but not surprising, for Versa to be recognized again for the network security portfolio it offers, this time by CRN as one of the Coolest Networking Security Companies delivering to the channel,” said John Atchison, Head of Global Channel Marketing with Versa. “Versa pioneered tight integration of security and networking since the company was founded. Today it is recognized as a leader in delivering AI/ML-powered Unified SASE platforms that appeal to channel partners looking to offer multiple solutions to their customers.”
Versa sells 100 percent through the channel via the Versa ACE Partner Program, the company’s global channel partner program for VARs, SIs, SPs and MSPs. The program expands the ecosystem of highly engaged Versa partners delivering unique customer value through its differentiated Versa SASE and Versa Titan solutions. The program provides formalized sales, pre-sales, and technical training focused on enabling partners to build specialties and become SASE Specialized and/or Titan Specialized. The program offers the industry’s first SASE accreditation to its partners. Versa ACE partners are rewarded for achieving competency and expertise in their specialty areas and are eligible for discounts, and sales and marketing benefits to provide new revenue opportunities.
Versa simplifies how enterprises protect and connect their users, devices and sites to workloads and applications anywhere, anytime. As the leader in SASE, the fastest growing category in cybersecurity, Versa is the only company delivering a differentiated Unified SASE architecture that converges security and networking to ensure an improved security posture, enhanced user-to-application experience, and operational efficiency. Gartner has identified Versa SASE as having the most SASE components out of all 56 vendors Gartner evaluated and named Versa as one of the vendors delivering single-vendor SASE. Also, KuppingerCole Analysts AG named Versa a leader in every evaluation category in its recent SASE Integration Suites Leadership Compass report. In addition, Frost & Sullivan honored Versa with its SASE Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for its industry-leading SASE solution. Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) also found that Versa SASE has the most SASE supported functions, as published in its industry report; while 650 Group recognized Versa as the market share leader for both Deployed SASE and Enabled SD-WAN. Finally, the CIO CHOICE 2023 Honor and Recognition program distinguished Versa SASE as the Most Trusted Brand by CIOs for SASE.
Versa Networks Releases Industry’s First SASE Solution Designed for Mobile Operators – Versa SASE on SIM
Monday, March 18, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Versa Networks, the global leader in AI/ML-powered Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced its release of Versa SASE on SIM™ for Mobile Operators. The patented solution leverages SIM-based identity for authentication and access control – enabling Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) to seamlessly deploy SASE services and enforce advanced security policies at the mobile network edge.
The Need for SASE in Mobile Networks
MNOs and MVNOs are increasingly challenged to grow their businesses in a market where basic connectivity services are becoming commoditized. Many MNOs are introducing new value-added services to expand revenues, improve customer retention, and diversify their revenue streams. They see security services as an opportunity but are unable to deliver them at scale cost effectively. As the workforce has become more mobile and remote, traditional architectures delivering security services are insufficient.
SASE has enabled delivery of cloud-based security services at scale for traditional IT users. It offers a more dynamic and context-aware security approach, ensuring that mobile and remote users have secure access to applications and data, regardless of their location.
Many of the devices connecting to mobile networks cannot easily accommodate security clients and introduce lifecycle management complexity. This is a challenge for deploying SASE into mobile networks.
What’s New?
Versa SASE on SIM for Mobile Operators blends the capabilities of SASE with SIM-based identity for authentication and access control in their mobile networks. By extending SIM-based identity to SASE services, MNOs can:
• Offer value-added security services to build network security and Zero Trust offerings into mobile services for IoT and IT devices without the need for an agent.
• Deliver scalable private network services by eliminating the need to provision private APNs per enterprise.
• Simplify operations by avoiding lifecycle management and monitoring across multiple agents, operating systems, and end-user devices.
“With the launch of our SIM-based SASE solution, we are setting a new standard for security and connectivity in mobile networks,” said Apurva Mehta, Versa Co-Founder and CTO. “Our patented technology not only simplifies the deployment of SASE services for mobile operators but also marks a significant step forward in advanced, seamless authentication methods. This innovation underscores our commitment to delivering unparalleled value to our partners worldwide.”
How Clientless SASE Works
Many types of endpoints in mobile networks are unintelligent, such as cameras, sensors, and thin clients. As these endpoints attach to the MNO’s field radio network, Versa SASE gateways use the subscription ID (e.g. IMSI) in the device’s SIM card, along with the IP address information, for tenant and user identification. With Versa SASE gateways integrated into the mobile network data path, SASE services can now be applied to these endpoints.
Versa Networks Adds AI-Powered Security Capabilities to its Unified SASE Platform
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Enhancements Include New GenAI Firewall for Threat Detection and Data Protection
SANTA CLARA -Versa Networks, the global leader in AI/ML-powered Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced enhancements to its AI capabilities in the Versa Unified SASE platform, introducing powerful features designed to improve threat detection, accelerate remediation, and bolster data protection. These enhancements enable security teams to more effectively manage threats and improve their security posture in an increasingly sophisticated and complex threat environment.
The Need for AI in Security
CISOs, CIOs, and their understaffed teams continue to grapple with a challenging reality: More security tools have not translated into better security. Teams struggle to find relevant insights as they face an avalanche of security data. Their traditional, manual detection and remediation methods are inadequate against the faster, more complex AI-driven threats, and increasing investments in personnel and tools have proven ineffective.
What’s New
VersaAI™ is an integrated set of AI technologies built into the Versa Unified SASE platform that delivers insights for threat protection, data protection, and operations. It taps into a data lake with the telemetry from across the network and security infrastructure – from the WAN edge to cloud, campus, remote locations, users, and devices – to extract AI/ML insights that are seamlessly applied across the Versa product suite.
VersaAI introduces several new capabilities supporting advanced security use cases, including:
Threat Detection and Data Protection
• GenAI Firewall expands on existing capabilities to limit shadow use cases of GenAI thereby reducing the new GenAI attack surface and emerging risks. It manages, monitors, and reports how organizations consume GenAI. With Versa GenAI Firewall, organizations can assess risks of apps, control access, and prevent unauthorized data movement.
• Added relationship mapping to UEBA (User Entity Behavior Analytics) that uses social graphs to detect anomalies, determine the blast radius, and quickly find the root cause of a security incident. Security teams can easily visualize risk and accelerate forensic analysis to drill down into the relationships between users, devices, and apps/resources. Security governance teams can leverage this functionality to adapt security policies, access controls, and compliance requirements.
Anomaly Detection and Response
• Explainable AI provides reasoning behind anomaly detections without using logs, making it easier for operations teams to understand AI-driven analysis and to respond more effectively.
• MITRE ATT&CK TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, Procedures) added to Versa UEBA improves the fidelity of threat detections and rapid incident response with detailed insights into adversary behaviors from an expanded library of attack behaviors.
“Our advantage lies in the extensive unified security and networking telemetry generated by our platform over our vast SASE deployment base,” said Kumar Mehta, Versa Founder and Chief Development Officer. “This extensive telemetry data fine tunes AI models to deliver highly accurate insights to bolster security posture in real time and enable human operators to fight AI with AI.”
Company
Versa Networks
Management
Kelly Ahuja, CEO
Description
Versa enables simplicity, speed, and agility for the digital era by transforming how the enterprises build, deploy, and operate WANs and secure branch connectivity services. The software-based networking and security Cloud IP runs on x86 servers or white box appliances, combined with management, orchestration, and analytics. Its broad set of integrated, advanced networking and security services deliver SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN) and Software-Defined Security (SD-Security) in the co-location, data center, and cloud. Using Versa’s solution, enterprises see up to 80% lower WAN, branch infrastructure and circuit costs, and up to 50% savings over traditional WAN scenarios due to lower-cost Internet circuits, zero-touch deployments, and automation
