Name: How NGFW Fits into Your Zero Trust Strategy
Start: 2025-04-17T15:00:00Z
End: 2025-04-17T15:00:31.000Z
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Achieving Data Sovereignty with Versa’s Sovereign SASE Solution

Do you have concerns about where your data is processed and stored? Are you navigating complex compliance requirements across different regions? Data sovereignty is becoming a critical priority for organizations worldwide.

Join us as Versa Networks unveils Sovereign SASE, a groundbreaking solution designed to help organizations maintain control over their data while ensuring compliance on a global scale.

What You’ll Learn:

How Versa’s Sovereign SASE supports global compliance requirements
Deployment methods for a Sovereign SASE solution
Key advantages of Sovereign SASE over traditional SASE solutions

Gain expert insights into securing your data with a solution built for sovereignty, security, and scalability. Don’t miss this essential session!

Your Data, Your Rules: The Case for Sovereign SASE

The Future of Networking & Security in 2025
Networking and security are evolving at an unprecedented pace, and 2025 is set to bring significant shifts. As organizations transition from remote work back to the office—or embrace new hybrid models—how will networking adapt? And what security challenges will emerge with these changes?

Join us for an insightful session where Versa experts share key predictions on the future of networking and security. We’ll explore evolving threats, new networking trends, and practical strategies to help your organization stay ahead.

Key Takeaways:

Networking in 2025 – How connectivity will change and what challenges organizations may face.
Securing the Hybrid Workforce – What shifts are coming and how to ensure strong protection.
Proactive Mitigation – Quick and effective steps to safeguard against emerging security risks.

Don’t miss this chance to gain expert insights and prepare your organization for the future of networking and security!

From Remote to Office: The Biggest Networking & Security Trends of 2025

Firewall Therapy: Breaking Up with an Old Approach to Firewalls

Firewalls have been the backbone of network security for decades, but many organizations are still relying on outdated technology that wasn’t built for today’s cloud-first, AI-driven, and zero-trust world. Even some so-called “next-gen” firewalls fail to deliver the flexibility, performance, and intelligence needed to protect evolving networks.

Join us for Firewall Therapy—a candid, unscripted fireside chat where industry experts dive into:

Why legacy firewalls struggle with modern security challenges
The biggest gaps even “next-gen” solutions fail to address
The must-have capabilities of a truly modern firewall How Versa’s high-performance NGFW delivers top-rated security without complexity

No slides. No sales pitches. Just an honest conversation about where firewalls have been, where they’re going, and whether yours is keeping up.

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Firewall therapy: Breaking up with an old approach to firewalls

Adopting Security Service Edge (SSE) solutions is no longer a one-size-fits-all initiative. Organizations need a tailored approach to align their security strategies with specific business priorities, regulatory requirements, and workforce dynamics. Join Gartner Veteran and industry expert Brad LaPorte in this interactive webinar as he explores how businesses can choose the right SSE adoption pathway to address their unique needs. 
This session will provide practical insights into 6 distinct pathways to SSE adoption, including comprehensive security, scalability, compliance, remote worker protection, web and SaaS security, and data protection. Brad will guide you through the factors to consider when selecting the right pathway, such as regulatory environments, workforce distribution, and risk tolerance, while also highlighting the phased "Crawl-Walk-Run" deployment model to ensure seamless integration.

Choose Your Own SSE Adoption Pathway

For large retail there are opportunities to:
Improve the cyber security posture of your stores.
Migrate the enforcement of store internet egress security policy to a cloud solution (SSE)
Radically simplify the security & network stack for my retail estate.
Provide more elegant scaling of security + network in my retail estate.
Can we do ‘all of the above’ – without increasing my OPEX budget?
 
Join us on January 23, 2025, at 8:00 AM PST to learn about how Versa can do ‘all of the above!’

Who Should Attend:
CIOs, CTOs, IT decision-makers, network architects, and security professionals in the retail sector seeking to modernize their store operations, improve security, and manage costs.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will understand how Versa Private SASE helps simplify retail networks, enhance security, and reduce costs per store. The session will also include practical steps for implementation.

Versa Private SASE for Large Retail

How does AI make your everyday life easier? Does the built in assistant on your mobile device automatically schedule events for you when a calendar event is received? What about your GPS rerouting you instantly when it sees traffic congestion? What if we were to say that we can proactively prevent threats using AI and ML models? Versa’s Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solution harnesses the power of AI to catch potential unknown zero-day threats as they emerge. In this session we will be covering what phase of AI the industry is in and how we at Versa are using AI within our solution to keep organizations safe through Advanced Threat Protection.

Revolutionizing Advanced Threat Protection with AI

Join us for an insightful webinar on Versa Networks' cutting-edge Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions, designed to safeguard sensitive information across both network and endpoint environments. In this session, we will explore how Versa's unified SASE platform leverages AI/ML to provide comprehensive security, ensuring regulatory compliance and preventing data exfiltration.

Unlocking Data Security: Versa Networks' DLP Solutions for the Modern Enterprise

In today’s complex digital landscape, organizations need more than just robust networking and security—they need simplicity, integration, and resilience. Enter VersaONE™, the industry’s first Universal SASE Platform, designed to unify networking, security, and observability across WAN, LAN, data centers, and the cloud. Powered by AI and built on a converged architecture, VersaONE empowers businesses to securely connect all users, devices, locations, and workloads with unmatched efficiency. 

In this exclusive webinar, you’ll discover how VersaONE transforms IT operations by enabling a self-protecting network, delivering seamless connectivity, intelligent risk mitigation, and enhanced user experiences. Join our experts as we dive into the cutting-edge features of VersaONE, including integrated SD-WAN, SSE, SD-LAN, and Zero Trust capabilities, all operating on a single, unified platform. 

Whether you’re managing hybrid workforces, cloud-first strategies, or decentralized networks, this webinar will showcase how VersaONE simplifies IT complexity, reduces operational costs, and enhances resilience—all while future-proofing your organization for evolving digital demands. 

Key Takeaways: 

Learn how VersaONE combines networking and security into a single platform. 
Understand the benefits of AI-driven automation for risk management and network optimization. 
Explore real-world use cases of creating self-protecting networks across diverse environments. 
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into the future of unified networking and security with VersaONE. 

Reserve your spot today!

Introducing VersaONE™: The Industry's First Universal SASE Platform

Versa Networks scores a AAA rating for both its SSE service and it’s ZTNA functionality from CyberRatings.org! Come and learn what CRO had to say about our cloud delivered solution and hear about our threat prevention capabilities, SSL Decryption functionality, and more! 

In this webinar you will learn about how Versa architects it’s cloud infrastructure and what that architecture means different types of threats and evasions used during CRO’s testing and see real life numbers on where Versa stands on protecting users and our throughput capabilities with our unified solution.

Versa Networks scores AAA Ratings for both its SSE and ZTNA services!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping networking and infrastructure management, offering innovative solutions to complex challenges. In this compelling webinar, we will explore the top AI use cases that are transforming how organizations approach network and infrastructure optimization.
AI has the potential to revolutionize network management, improve performance, and enhance infrastructure reliability. Join us as we examine the most impactful AI-driven applications, from intelligent network automation and predictive maintenance to advanced network security and traffic optimization. We'll also address the common myths and overstatements about AI’s capabilities, providing a clear view of what AI can truly achieve in these domains.

Top Networking and Infrastructure Use Cases for AI

Join cybersecurity expert and Gartner Veteran Brad LaPorte for an in-depth exploration of modern cyber attack surfaces and strategies to safeguard your organization. This webinar will provide comprehensive insights into understanding, reducing, and protecting your attack surface, particularly at the edge.

How to Protect and Reduce Your Attack Surface at the Edge

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often hailed as a game-changer in cybersecurity, but not all claims about its capabilities hold up under scrutiny. In this engaging webinar, we will cut through the hype and focus on the top security use cases for AI, distinguishing between effective applications and overblown myths.

AI's potential in cybersecurity is vast, yet many use cases are surrounded by misconceptions and exaggerated promises. We’ll explore how AI can truly enhance security practices—such as threat detection, automated incident response, and advanced threat intelligence—while debunking common myths and clarifying the limitations of certain AI applications.

Top Security Use Cases for AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries and reshaping the future of technology. But what exactly is AI, and how does it work? In this engaging and informative webinar, we will delve into the fundamentals of AI, exploring its key concepts, technologies, and real-world applications.

Join us as we unravel the complexities of AI, from machine learning and neural networks to natural language processing and robotics. We'll discuss how AI systems are designed, trained, and deployed, and examine their impact on various sectors including healthcare, finance, and customer service.

What is AI?

In today’s world of the hybrid workforce, zero trust architectures are being adopted at a rapid pace. With this, network segmentation is one of the top topics on a professional’s mind as they prepare or even enhance their zero trust journey. In this webinar we will discuss the need for network segmentation, how layer 7 policies have changed the way we look at network segmentation, and how solutions like ZTNA and continuous host posturing enhance segmentation to achieve least privileged access.

Segmentation Today! A New Approach to Least Privileged Access Using ZTNA

In an era where our data and applications have moved to the cloud and our workforce is moving in and out of the office in a hybrid fashion, the need for a self-protecting network has never been greater. In this webinar we will discuss the journey to a self protecting network and how Versa is going to achieve this through the use of it’s AI in the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform.

Convergence [Networking + Security = VersaONE]

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we explore the research conducted for the Gartner Single Vendor SASE Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities reports. This session will provide a deep dive into the key trends shaping the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) landscape, anticipated market dynamics, and essential criteria for evaluating SASE vendors.

Exploring the Research Behind the Gartner Single Vendor SASE Magic Quadrant

Strengthen Your Zero Trust Strategy with Next-Generation Firewalls

Zero Trust is no longer optional—organizations must assume threats can emerge from anywhere. Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are critical to enforcing a strong Zero Trust architecture, providing advanced threat protection, granular access control, and simplified security operations.

Join Brad LaPorte, cybersecurity expert and former Gartner analyst, in this interactive webinar to explore how NGFWs enhance Zero Trust strategies. Learn how they secure hybrid and cloud environments, protect against lateral movement, and simplify security management.

Key Takeaways:

How NGFWs align with Zero Trust principles for enhanced protection
Strategies to secure east-west traffic and prevent lateral movement
Best practices for integrating NGFWs into hybrid and multi-cloud environments

Who Should Attend?

IT & cybersecurity professionals, network architects, security leaders, and compliance experts looking to modernize and strengthen their security posture.

Reserve Your Spot Today!

How NGFW Fits into Your Zero Trust Strategy

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