Aryaka has rolled out Unified SASE as a Service 2.0, designed for a world where hybrid work and AI-driven applications are now the norm. The update builds on Aryaka’s goal of integrating networking and security into one simple platform that enterprises and partners can scale without adding complexity.
Renuka Nadkarni, Chief Product Officer at Aryaka, told ChannelE2E that customer feedback was a key driver behind the update. “Organizations need to expand secure, high-performance network connectivity to hybrid workforces across the globe, and they need help safeguarding their GenAI apps and services,” she said. “Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service 2.0 does both, without any tradeoffs between networking and security.”
That combination of reach and protection sits at the heart of Aryaka’s new release. By bringing everything - Zero Trust access, AI security, data loss prevention, and observability - under one roof, Aryaka aims to help enterprises manage today’s distributed, fast-moving environments with fewer tools and cleaner visibility.
Making Access Simple and Secure with Universal ZTNA
For many organizations, remote and hybrid connectivity is still a patchwork of old VPNs and one-off ZTNA products. It’s messy, inconsistent, and hard to manage. Nadkarni said that’s exactly what Aryaka set out to fix.
“Right now, organizations are relying on a mish-mash of siloed ZTNA solutions and traditional VPNs to securely connect remote and onsite workers to corporate apps, data, and services,” she said. “These solutions often lack visibility, enforce inconsistent policies, and fail to adapt to dynamic user and device contexts.”
Aryaka’s Universal ZTNA introduces one policy framework across the entire Zero Trust WAN - covering users, apps, and locations in the same way, no matter where people are working. “Aryaka’s Universal ZTNA enforces consistent, identity and posture-based access control across all edges of Aryaka’s Zero Trust WAN, including users, apps, and locations. It doesn’t matter where employees are working from - enterprises can enforce the same policies and controls across their entire network,” Nadkarni said.
By baking ZTNA directly into the Unified SASE service, Aryaka removes the need for multiple access tools. The result is easier management, faster connections, and uniform enforcement—something IT and security teams have been chasing since hybrid work became the default.
AI>Secure Brings Visibility to GenAI Traffic
As AI moves from experiment to daily workflow, enterprises are realizing how exposed they’ve become. Employees use generative tools without oversight, data is shared across unknown models, and traditional security systems can’t tell what AI traffic even looks like. Nadkarni said this is one of the biggest blind spots in enterprise security today.
“As more businesses adopt GenAI, they’re facing new risks like unsanctioned shadow AI, knowledge leakage, and expanding attack surfaces. Traditional tools lack security controls and don’t have visibility into GenAI workloads, creating major gaps that can jeopardize enterprises,” she said.
AI>Secure closes that gap by inspecting and validating GenAI traffic across Aryaka’s Zero Trust WAN. “It takes a proactive approach by inspecting and validating GenAI traffic from end to end over Aryaka’s Zero Trust WAN,” Nadkarni said. “This means no more blind spots in your AI traffic. It ensures compliance, enforces policies, reduces the risk of data breaches, and gives you full visibility, all seamlessly integrated as part of Unified SASE 2.0.”
AI>Secure’s goal isn’t just to block bad traffic—it’s to give enterprises confidence that AI innovation won’t come at the cost of security or compliance. The feature will be available in early 2026.
Built for Partners Too
Aryaka’s updates aren’t just for end customers. The platform’s design also reflects how partners and MSPs sell and deliver security services. Managing multiple vendors for networking, ZTNA, and AI protection has become a challenge in itself.
Nadkarni said Unified SASE 2.0 simplifies that entire model.
“Aryaka Unified SASE 2.0 introduces significant new features that are all integrated as part of the service,” she said. “So channel partners and MSPs don’t have to sell a confusing mix of solutions to their clients - they’re all available as part of a single, intuitive platform. That service was designed for maximum simplicity. It’s easy to deploy and makes it possible to leverage different capabilities only as you need them.”
For partners, that means fewer integrations to manage and more time spent delivering value. For enterprises, it means consistent protection and performance from a single provider.
Aryaka’s Unified SASE as a Service 2.0 brings the next stage of convergence into focus - security, networking, and AI protection operating together, as one service. It’s built for how people work now: anywhere, on any app, with security that follows them automatically.
