Dell’Oro Group Forecasts SASE Market to Reach $24B by 2030

Dell’Oro Group forecasts the global Secure Access Service Edge market will grow at a 15% compound annual growth rate, reaching $24 billion in 2030 as revenue more than doubles from 2025. The projection points to demand for branch refresh packages combining SD-WAN with separately monetized security and digital experience services.

Market outlook

The report projects SASE revenue will increase to $24B in 2030, representing more than a 2x increase compared with 2025. Dell’Oro Group attributes the outlook to renewed SD-WAN momentum and additional Security Service Edge monetization beyond foundational access, inspection, and policy enforcement.

SD-WAN contribution to growth

Dell’Oro Group links SD-WAN performance to branch modernization that is led by security and lifecycle needs. The forecast also cites stronger software subscription attach, managed-service adoption, and convergence of routing, SD-WAN, and security in common branch platforms.

Extended monetization in SSE

Beyond core access and policy enforcement, the report forecasts separately monetized Data Security and Digital Experience Management capabilities will expand the SSE opportunity. Data Security is tied to discovery and classification, exposure analysis, and exfiltration controls, while Digital Experience Management measures and troubleshoots the user-to-application experience using telemetry across endpoint, network, application, and SSE.

Forecast details and segments

Dell’Oro Group forecasts SSE [Core] revenue will rise to over $13B in 2030, with CASB, FWaaS, SWG, and ZTNA described as foundational access, inspection, and policy-enforcement components. It forecasts separately monetized Data Security and Digital Experience Management will grow at over 20% CAGR from 2025 to 2030, adding over $8B in revenue on top of SSE [Core].

The report forecasts SD-WAN revenue growth at 14% CAGR, supported by subscription attach, managed-service adoption, secure branch refreshes, and revenue shifting away from standalone Access Routers. For Access Routers, Dell’Oro Group projects a 23% annual contraction from 2025 to 2030 as policy-rich branch platforms replace basic packet-forwarding systems.

Analyst commentary

“SD-WAN has regained strength because branch refreshes increasingly combine connectivity, security exposure, software subscriptions, and managed services in a common purchase decision,” said Mauricio Sanchez, Sr. Director, Enterprise Security and Networking at Dell’Oro Group. “Data Security and Digital Experience Management expand the SSE opportunity by creating monetized capabilities above the core access and policy-enforcement entitlement separately,” added Sanchez.

This Analyst Signals brief reflects a neutral, fact-based summary of the original research note.