The overall business transition to the cloud is happening far faster than many experts predicted. That speed has left most companies reliant on security platforms built for a bygone world dominated by on-premises data centers. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated and complicated the situation, stressing CISOs who are responsible for protecting a work-from-home staff that may not ever fully return to the office. The good news is that Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), a security architecture framework, points the way to a cloud-based solution that provides the protection every business needs, wherever its staff members are located.