Secure access service edge, or SASE (pronounced “sassy”), is a cybersecurity architecture concept.Coined by Gartner analysts Neil MacDonald and Joe Skorupa, SASE is super fun to say—from a technical standpoint, anyway. Gartner first described SASE in the August 2019 report The Future of Network Security Is in the Cloud and expanded upon it in their 2021 Strategic Roadmap for SASE Convergence.