Sovereign SASE Demands Flexible Deployment Models

Fortinet's Alexandra Mehat on Adapting SASE to Meet Evolving Regulatory Demands Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • April 23, 2026

Data sovereignty has moved from a compliance task to a strategic priority. Organizations face tighter regulations, geopolitical risk and growing scrutiny over how data is stored, processed and accessed, said Alexandra Mehat, product marketing director of Unified SASE at Fortinet.

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Rigid security models fail to keep pace with shifting sovereignty requirements across regions and industries, Mehat said. Flexible deployment emerges as an essential requirement to allow organizations to adapt policies and infrastructure without constant redesign while maintaining visibility and trust.

"With FortiSASE sovereign, customers can take a different approach. They can use their own dedicated pubs. They can build their own network and maintain full control over where the data is processed and where the traffic goes," she said.

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