# SASE

SASE (secure access service edge) is a cloud-delivered architecture combining software-defined wide-area networking with security services to connect and secure users, devices, branches, and applications under a consistent policy framework.

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## OpenVPN vs. Cloudflare: Which is Best for Developer-Friendly Networking?

DevFeed: [OpenVPN vs. Cloudflare: Which is Best for Developer-Friendly Networking?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openvpn-vs-cloudflare-which-is-best-for-developer-friendly-networking-31193.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tailscale.com/learn/openvpn-vs-cloudflare-developer-friendly-networking>)

Published: 2025-03-24T21:17:43Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Learn on Tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/learn-on-tailscale.md>)

Topics: [Virtual Private Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vpn.md>), [tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tailscale.md>), [Cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare.md>), [SASE](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sase.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Cloudflare Access](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare-access.md>), [remote access](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remote-access.md>)

Tags: [alternatives](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alternatives.md>), [cloudflare](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare.md>), [cloudflare-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare-access.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [sase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sase.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tailscale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tailscale.md>), [vpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vpn.md>)

### AI overview

This comparison examines OpenVPN, Cloudflare, and Tailscale for developer and engineering-team networking needs, including security, performance, remote access, and management. It describes OpenVPN as a traditional VPN requiring dedicated servers and manual configuration, Cloudflare Access as an identity-based Zero Trust alternative, and Tailscale as a WireGuard-based peer-to-peer approach for accessing internal resources.

### Source excerpt

As VPN alternatives go, OpenVPN, Cloudflare and Tailscale each serve different networking priorities for developers, making the right choice dependent on security, performance, and management needs.

## Where Do I Start With SASE Evaluations? Gartner® Report

DevFeed: [Where Do I Start With SASE Evaluations? Gartner® Report](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/where-do-i-start-with-sase-evaluations-gartner-report-20381.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://umbrella.cisco.com/blog/where-do-i-start-with-sase-evaluations-gartner-report>)

Author: Yuval Yatskan

Published: 2024-09-10T08:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenDNS](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/opendns.md>)

Topics: [SASE](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sase.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [SD-WAN](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sd-wan.md>)

Tags: [cisco-sase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco-sase.md>), [risk-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk-management.md>), [sase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sase.md>), [sd-wan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sd-wan.md>), [secure-access-service-edge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-access-service-edge.md>), [secure-access-service-edge-sase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-access-service-edge-sase.md>), [security-service-edge-sse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-service-edge-sse.md>), [spotlight](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spotlight.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>)

### AI overview

This Cisco Umbrella article explains how SASE combines cloud-delivered networking and security for distributed workplaces, with SSE as its security-focused subset. It highlights a Gartner report that offers guidance for beginning SASE evaluations, including strategy and requirements considerations.

### Source excerpt

Ransomware makes up 154 million of the threats Cisco blocks monthly; information stealers make up 246 million more. However, the continued evolution of online threats from ransomware and persistent bad actors is only one small piece of the risk management puzzle. Security leaders are not only responding to more sophisticated and expanding threats, but they're [...] The post Where Do I Start With SASE Evaluations? Gartner® Report appeared first on Cisco Umbrella.