Report
Why SD-WAN Requires a New Approach to Security
This IDG survey report, sponsored by Zscaler, examines why traditional network security architectures fail to support modern SD-WAN deployments as organizations accelerate cloud adoption. Based on responses from enterprise IT leaders, the report finds that 88% of organizations are concerned that legacy security limits SD-WAN's benefits by increasing complexity, reducing visibility, and creating performance bottlenecks through backhauling traffic to data centers. It explores how hybrid work, SaaS, and cloud applications require security that follows users rather than networks. The report recommends integrating SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security through Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Zero Trust principles, enabling direct-to-cloud connectivity, identity-based access, improved user e
