For the last several years, zero trust network access has become the common term to describe this type of approach for securing remote users as they access private applications.
Zero trust network access is based on the logical security philosophy of least privilege.
Thus, the objective is to verify a set of identity, posture, and context related elements and then provide the appropriate access to the specific application or resource requirednot network level access.
As a result, organizations have to maintain multiple remote access solutions and, in most scenarios, they still grant access at a much broader network or network segment level.
With much in life, things are easier said than done and that concept applies to ZTNA and secure remote access.
If you have deployed some form of ZTNA or are evaluating solutions in this area, ask yourself these questions to see if you can, or will be able to, meet the true promise of a true zero trust remote access environment.
While the security and architecture elements mentioned above are important, they don't represent the complete picture when developing a holistic strategy for remote, private application access.
Remote employees frustrated with slow multi-step access processes will look for short cuts and create additional risk for the organization.
To ensure success, it's important to assess whether your planned or existing private access process meets the usability, manageability and flexibility requirements listed below.
Remote and hybrid workers can securely access every type of application, regardless of port or protocol, including those that are session-initiated, peer-to-peer or multichannel in design.
A single agent enables all private and internet access functions including digital experience monitoring functions.
The solution eliminates the need for on-premises VPN infrastructure and management while delivering secure access to all private applications.
The ability to handle both traditional HTTP2 traffic and newer, faster, and more secure HTTP3 methods with MASQUE and QUIC. Cisco Secure Access: A modern approach to zero trust access.
Secure Access is Cisco's full-function Security Service Edge solution and it goes far beyond traditional methods in multiple ways.
With respect to resource access, our cloud-delivered platform overcomes the limitations of legacy ZTNA. Secure Access supports every factor listed in the above checklists and much more, to provide a unique level of Zero Trust Access.
Secure Access makes online activity better for users, easier for IT, and safer for everyone.
If the user has access to several apps as once, each app connection has its own 'private tunnel'.
Cisco Secure Access delivers a broad set of converged, cloud-based security services.
With this type of comprehensive approach IT and security practitioners can truly modernize their remote access.
To obtain deeper insights into the technical requirements for true zero trust private access and to see how Cisco Secure Access with ZTA overcomes the limitations of ZTNA, view the Deep dive into a modern Zero Trust Access architecture webinar.
This Cyber News was published on feedpress.me. Publication date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 02:43:05 +0000