"SASE Pivot and Trends 2026: A Gartner Keynote"

#1754637: "SASE Pivot and Trends 2026: A Gartner Keynote" - October 20, 2026

Description:	SASE is entering a new phase. AI, autonomous agents, platform consolidation, sovereignty requirements and evolving encryption are reshaping enterprise security. Securing users and devices no longer covers the problem. Charanpal Bhogal, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, examines how SASE must expand to protect human and nonhuman identities, govern AI usage, secure agentic interactions and deliver flexible, sovereign security as data residency demands grow. He also breaks down the disruptions redefining the SASE market and what comes next. In this webinar, you will learn: How SASE evolves beyond users and devices to cover nonhuman identities, AI governance and agentic interactions Which market disruptions will reshape SASE strategy and vendor selection What architectural criteria to apply as sovereignty and encryption requirements tighten Speakers: Alexandra Mehat, Director of SASE Product Marketing, Fortinet Alexandra Mehat is a results-driven Product Marketing Director with over 25 years of experience translating complex technologies into compelling value propositions that drive growth and customer success. Alexandra currently serves as Global Product Marketing Director and Team Lead for Fortinet’s Unified SASE solution, leading worldwide strategy and go-to-market execution. Previously, she held product marketing leadership roles driving global B2B networking initiatives at Netgear and Linksys. Alexandra holds a Master of Science in Business and Telecom from Telecom Sud-Paris and a BBA from Université Paris Dauphine. Charanpal Bhogal, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner Charanpal Bhogal is a Senior Director in the High Tech & Invest part of Business Technology Insights (Formally R&A). Focusing on Network, Cloud and AI Security and providing C-Level advice for providers, adopters, and Innovation leads. Research brands include Impact Radars, Futures Lab, Tapestry, Top 10 Strategic Trends, Predicts, Maverick, Executive Bets and more. The group's mission is to aide Chief Product Officers and Product leaders on emerging trends and innovation and evolving product roadmaps Charanpal's research coverage includes Zero Trust, SSE/SASE, Firewalls, Microsegmentation, NDR, Cloud WAAP, CNAPP, API Sec, MCP and AI Security. Moderator: Terry Sweeney, Moderator - Contributing Editor, Dark Reading Terry Sweeney is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor who's covered business technology for three decades. He's written about cyber security for more than 15 years and was one of the founding editors of Dark Reading. Terry has covered enterprise networking extensively, as well as its supporting technologies like storage, wireless, cloud-based apps and the emerging Internet of Things. He's been a contributing editor to The Washington Post, Crain’s New York Business, Red Herring, Information Week, Network World, SearchAWS.com, and Stadium Tech Report.
More info:	https://dr-resources.darkreading.com/free/w_forq299/?p=w_forq299

Description:

SASE is entering a new phase. AI, autonomous agents, platform consolidation, sovereignty requirements and evolving encryption are reshaping enterprise security. Securing users and devices no longer covers the problem.

Charanpal Bhogal, Senior Director Analyst at Gartner, examines how SASE must expand to protect human and nonhuman identities, govern AI usage, secure agentic interactions and deliver flexible, sovereign security as data residency demands grow. He also breaks down the disruptions redefining the SASE market and what comes next.

In this webinar, you will learn:

How SASE evolves beyond users and devices to cover nonhuman identities, AI governance and agentic interactions
Which market disruptions will reshape SASE strategy and vendor selection
What architectural criteria to apply as sovereignty and encryption requirements tighten
Speakers:

Alexandra Mehat, Director of SASE Product Marketing,
Fortinet
Alexandra Mehat is a results-driven Product Marketing Director with over 25 years of experience translating complex technologies into compelling value propositions that drive growth and customer success.

Alexandra currently serves as Global Product Marketing Director and Team Lead for Fortinet’s Unified SASE solution, leading worldwide strategy and go-to-market execution. Previously, she held product marketing leadership roles driving global B2B networking initiatives at Netgear and Linksys. Alexandra holds a Master of Science in Business and Telecom from Telecom Sud-Paris and a BBA from Université Paris Dauphine.

Charanpal Bhogal, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner
Charanpal Bhogal is a Senior Director in the High Tech & Invest part of Business Technology Insights (Formally R&A). Focusing on Network, Cloud and AI Security and providing C-Level advice for providers, adopters, and Innovation leads. Research brands include Impact Radars, Futures Lab, Tapestry, Top 10 Strategic Trends, Predicts, Maverick, Executive Bets and more. The group's mission is to aide Chief Product Officers and Product leaders on emerging trends and innovation and evolving product roadmaps Charanpal's research coverage includes Zero Trust, SSE/SASE, Firewalls, Microsegmentation, NDR, Cloud WAAP, CNAPP, API Sec, MCP and AI Security.

Moderator:
Terry Sweeney, Moderator - Contributing Editor,
Dark Reading
Terry Sweeney is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor who's covered business technology for three decades. He's written about cyber security for more than 15 years and was one of the founding editors of Dark Reading. Terry has covered enterprise networking extensively, as well as its supporting technologies like storage, wireless, cloud-based apps and the emerging Internet of Things. He's been a contributing editor to The Washington Post, Crain’s New York Business, Red Herring, Information Week, Network World, SearchAWS.com, and Stadium Tech Report.

More info:

https://dr-resources.darkreading.com/free/w_forq299/?p=w_forq299

Date added	Sept. 21, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
Source	Dark Reading
Subjects	PodCasts / Webcast / Webinar / eSummit / Virtual Event etc. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)
Venue	Oct. 20, 2026, midnight - Oct. 20, 2026, midnight