Zscaler, a leader in cloud security, has advanced its Security Service Edge (SSE) framework with three Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) innovations for IT and security teams to confidently replace legacy firewalls and VPNs. Delivered as part of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, these innovations establish a new standard for ZTNA to minimise the attack surface and prevent lateral movement while stopping compromised users and insider threats with private app protection, integrated deception and privileged remote access capabilities for business and OT systems.
Today, employees are highly mobile and critical applications have moved to the cloud – no longer residing inside the corporate network protected by a secure perimeter. This fundamental shift to cloud and mobility has caused organisations to abandon the legacy network-centric VPN approach in favour of a modern user- and app-centric security model that delivers Zero Trust secure access to private apps by establishing a direct connection from user-to-application on a dynamic identity- and context-aware basis.
“As enterprise applications continue to move to the cloud and hybrid workplaces become the norm, a Zero Trust architecture is needed to support distributed users, devices, apps and workloads,” said Tony Paterra, Senior Vice President of Emerging Products at Zscaler. “Our next-generation ZTNA approach is one of the simplest, most comprehensive approaches to securely access private applications and transform legacy network security to minimise the attack surface and shutdown the most advanced attacks.”
