Macquarie Telecom and Netskope extend SASE tie-up for Australian organisations

Macquarie Telecom has widened its partnership with Netskope, pushing the pair’s secure access service edge pitch from security service edge into a broader networking and security bundle for Australian organisations.

GovTech Review reported on 21 October 2026 that Macquarie Telecom and Netskope had launched a unified, single-vendor SASE offering. ARN separately reported on 14 October 2026 that the expanded agreement adds Netskope’s SD-WAN capabilities to the arrangement.

Both reports frame the move as an extension of a partnership formed in 2025. According to the supplied accounts, the original deal integrated Netskope’s Security Service Edge platform into Macquarie Telecom’s SASE offering. The expanded relationship now brings in Netskope’s software-defined wide area networking, creating what the companies describe as a complete SASE framework for Australian mid-market and enterprise organisations.

That is the pitch: fewer moving parts, one managed setup, and security policies that can follow users across locations.

The joint offering is described as being managed through a “single pane of glass” or single portal. The companies say it is powered by Netskope’s NewEdge infrastructure, which GovTech Review said includes more than 120 full-compute data centres worldwide. ARN added that seven of those are in Australia, with the infrastructure intended to optimise latency.

The companies also link the offer to Australian compliance and AI security concerns. GovTech Review reported that Macquarie Telecom said the solution could help customers comply with requirements such as the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act, while supporting AI adoption with stronger guardrails.

ARN reported that Netskope’s Skylight AI Security suite, AI Fast Path, AI Command Centre, AgentSkope and Agent Action Control guardrails are integrated into the solution to support granular AI security policies and traffic paths. Those product inclusions are attributed to ARN’s report, not independently verified here.

Macquarie Telecom Group executive Marija Harris said in the reports that the Netskope partnership had validated the company’s belief that Australian organisations want enterprise-grade unified security “without the complexity”. Harris said the company could offer customers one platform, one portal, and security policies that follow them wherever they work.

Harris also said Netskope’s security and networking capabilities, combined with Macquarie Telecom’s SD-WAN deployment experience, government-grade security and customer service, positioned the companies to help Australian organisations strengthen cyber defences as they adopt cloud and AI.

ARN also quoted Netskope Asia Pacific channel director Andrew Heywood, who said IT, infrastructure and operations, and security teams were dealing with difficult trade-offs between aggressive AI adoption and security.

The broader context is that this is not a first step for the pair. SDxCentral reported on 1 October 2025 that Macquarie had enlisted Netskope to integrate Netskope’s SSE platform into Macquarie Telecom’s SD-WAN. That earlier report said the move was intended to help customers secure networks and adopt cloud and AI technologies.

For Australian buyers, the message is straightforward. Macquarie Telecom and Netskope are betting that SASE will be easier to sell when it looks less like a collection of separate tools and more like one managed security and networking platform.