Open Systems Wins Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Enabling Technology Leadership Award For Global Managed SASE

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Award marks the latest of several industry awards and analyst recognition in recent months**

Open Systems, the leading provider of native, managed SASE solutions with a superior user experience, today announced that Frost & Sullivan has presented Open Systems with this year’s Best Practices Enabling Technology Leadership Award for the global managed Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) industry. Frost awarded this honor to Open Systems following a review of current SASE market offerings, based on Open Systems’ exemplary service and performance.

Key takeaways from Frost & Sullivan’s evaluation of Open Systems include:

1. A stand-out commitment to customer service quality that is embodied in the way it puts its most valuable human resources on the customer support front lines.
2. A clear understanding of the importance of managed SASE services to mid-size enterprises.
3. A platform that is ideal for hybrid work environments where customer assets and resources are spread across the cloud, private internet sites, and in internal data stores.

Open Systems’ commitment to customer service and experience was an important factor for Frost & Sullivan evaluators, who cited Open Systems’ senior development staff - who write the code for the company’s managed SASE platform - participating in customer support engagement rotations. This rotation is unique to Open Systems, and lets customers receive expert counsel directly from expert engineers.

Equally impressive is Open Systems SASE Experience, which eliminates the complexity of secure global access and network management, including network support challenges such as remote and hybrid workforces, applications and data in the cloud and on-premises, shadow IT, branch offices, and constant global threats, threat actors, and malware. In this dynamic, challenging business environment, Open Systems’ extreme reliability and easy, comprehensive global support enable customers to focus on their business priorities.

Toph Whitmore, Industry Director, Cybersecurity, Frost & Sullivan, said: “When enterprises move from legacy security hardware infrastructure to a SASE environment, they get better security and often dramatic operating cost reductions. Adopting a managed-SASE service like Open Systems also gives them SLA-guarantee peace of mind and predictable security budget-forecasting.”

“CIOs encounter an ever-increasing number of threats with a global presence, an increasingly hybrid workforce, and a dynamic economy that demands agility and premium service. As always, they must as always exceed these business-critical goals with limited resources,” said Stefan Keller, Chief Product Officer, Open Systems. “Open Systems provides the reliability, security, scalability and agility to provide the dependable, tailored and secure access foundational to organizational success. We are honored to receive this important recognition from one of the world’s top technology analyst organizations, Frost & Sullivan.”

About Open Systems

Open Systems is an AI-first SASE platform company delivering secure access and networking to help enterprises connect users, applications and infrastructure across complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Its proprietary platform combines SSE capabilities, including ZTNA, SWG, CASB and FWaaS, with SD-WAN, end-to-end connectivity, unified policy management, and advanced analytics in a single architecture.

While many cybersecurity providers focus primarily on advancing technology capabilities, Open Systems combines its AI-first SASE platform with an execution model designed for real-world operability, ensuring services are not only deployed, but continuously run, adapted and improved through a combination of AI-enabled operations and NOC-based expertise (Mission Control), built on decades of operational experience, helping organizations reduce complexity, increase visibility and strengthen security outcomes at global scale.

Founded in Switzerland in 1990, Open Systems generates more than USD 100 million in annual revenue and supports global enterprise customers operating in more than 180 countries. Since 2024, the company has been part of Swiss Post, combining Swiss trust and stability with global reach. As a European alternative to US- and Israel-based cybersecurity providers, Open Systems is guided by strong principles around sovereignty requirements, regulatory alignment, transparency and shared responsibility - taking clear ownership for security, performance and operational outcomes, helping organizations maintain control in an increasingly complex digital landscape.

Contacts:

Mackenzie Kreitler

Director of Corporate Communications

mkreitler@open-systems.com