SD-WAN can deliver faster application performance, lower networking costs, and simpler branch IT management. However, SD-WAN security remains a key challenge, particularly as organisations move more applications, workloads, and data to the cloud.

As branch offices become increasingly dependent on cloud-based services, traditional approaches to routing and securing branch traffic are becoming harder to manage. This raises an important question: how are organisations securing branch office traffic in an SD-WAN and cloud-first environment?

To explore this challenge, Network World and Zscaler surveyed enterprise organisations with multiple locations to understand how they currently route and secure branch office traffic, the security challenges they face, and the role SD-WAN plays in modern branch networking and security strategies.