SASE Adoption Accelerates, But Execution Gaps Are Holding Enterprises Back

The 2026 SASE & Zero Trust Survey, conducted by Open Systems in collaboration with Cybersecurity Insiders, shows that hybrid environments have become the default operating model. Organizations are securing remote workers, SaaS applications, datacenters, multi-cloud workloads, branch locations and third-party access simultaneously. Yet 67–68% of respondents cite lack of end-to-end visibility as their biggest operational challenge, closely followed by inconsistent user experience, performance issues and growing ticket volumes.
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