Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Make agent work, work

Cisco SASE helps make agentic and human work production-ready by keeping work performing, applying trusted controls to supported actions, and strengthening the resilient infrastructure work depends on. 

Overview Resources

WHY SASE MUST EVOLVE NOW

Autonomous work changes the access problem.

AI agents can retrieve data, invoke services, trigger workflows, and move through long chains of machine-to-machine requests. SASE now must help work perform, keep supported actions within policy, and protect the infrastructure every workflow depends on.

Cisco SASE Exchange with Tom Gillis

A candid perspective on what SASE needs to become in the agentic era.

THREE OUTCOMES FOR PRODUCTION-READY WORK

Make work perform. Keep actions trusted. Strengthen the foundation.

Work that performs

Help agentic and human workflows reach applications, services, and private resources with stronger visibility into experience and path performance.

Trusted actions

Apply identity-, device-, posture-, and risk-aware policy to supported user, application, and evolving agent interactions.

Resilient infrastructure

Strengthen the edge and WAN foundation access depends on, and plan for secure operations through attack, change, and disruption.

ONE PLATFORM ACROSS THE STORY

Shared context helps teams manage, investigate, and act across SASE.

Cisco Cloud Control brings identity, inventory, topology, policy, and operational context into one environment.

Simplify connectivity with converged security and networking

Cisco Secure Access

Use converged security to safeguard your workforce and defend critical assets from multiple attack vectors.

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN

Modernize your WAN for assured network performance and consistent, secure, and seamless connectivity to any user, device, or location. 

Cisco Meraki SD-WAN

Deliver secure, best-in-class network experiences for any workload from anywhere and build resilient SD-WAN connectivity with integrated wired and cellular WAN, switching, and Wi-Fi.

CHOOSE THE NEXT STEP

Move from understanding to validation.

UNDERSTAND

SASE at a glance

See the architecture and core outcomes.

EVALUATE

SASE evaluation guide

Compare requirements and deployment paths.

VALIDATE

SASE proof-of-concept guide

Plan a practical evaluation of the solution.

PROOF AND GUIDANCE

IDC MarketScape for SASE 2026

PROOF AND GUIDANCE

Gartner Peer Insights

PLATFORM VIDEO

Cisco SASE: ready for the agentic era

READY TO MOVE FORWARD?

Build a SASE path around your priorities.

Connect with Cisco to discuss architecture, migration, and the next practical step.