Seven Key Considerations for a ZTNA Solution

 For a long time, the majority of companies depended heavily on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and security techniques based on premises to secured remote access. Since 2020, the weaknesses of these strategies have become clear:

• They aren't able to scale easily.
• IT is not able to see the activities of users and their activity
• Performance is affected when traffic is backhauling into the security stack within the data center.
• It's not feasible to set up and maintain VPN clients for BYOD as well as partner devices
• They're difficult to integrate in cloud environments.
• They are not equipped with privileges Access Management (PAM) capabilities for engineering and DevOps users.

Secure Access using Zero Security

This is why Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) is becoming the most important element in a standard security architecture. The ZTNA design "never trusts and always verifies." When it is in place, ZTNA:

• Limits access on an application-by-application basis
• It authenticates all devices and users regardless of the location of their device
• Recognizes the complexity of today's networks and doesn't make any presumptions

Gartner(r) describes ZTNA in terms of "products or services designed to establish an identity-based and context-based logical-access boundary , which includes the enterprise user as well as internal hosted applications or group of applications. Applications are hidden from public view and access is limited by a trust broker the named entities. The trust broker checks that the identities, contextual, and policies of the named participants prior to allowing access and also minimizes any lateral movement within the system [11."

Beyond more than a replacement for a VPN, ZTNA ensures all users and devices - whether in or out of the network are authenticated, authorized, and continually checked to ensure security settings and security posture prior to receiving or maintaining access to data and applications.

Important Considerations to consider when choosing which is the Best ZTNA Solution

When you are evaluating ZTNA products for your specific environment Here are seven important things to think about.

Ensure Support for All Users

The solution should ensure access for all employees using controlled devices BYOD smartphones, devices on mobiles, third-party partners engineering teams, as well as DevOps users. Consider a client-based approach to ensure that employees are protected when using managed devices as well as a clientless design for secure access to web-based applications remote desktops, databases, or secured shell (SSH) servers. Make sure you think about the basic requirements for PAM teams that require access to multiple cloud environments as well as Single sign-on (SSO) into private resources such as terminals, servers, and databases.

Ensure Support for All Target Resources

Be sure that the ZTNA solution is compatible with all private applications with high-priority resources, not only Web applications. It includes the ability to access SSH terminals as well as SQL databases, remote Desktops (RDP) as well as servers. DevOps and engineering teams need ZT access to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings, cloud production environments, microservices, and virtual private clouds.

Ensure Simple Deployment and Rapid Time to Value

Find out about identity provider (IdP) integration via the SAML standard 2.0 and simple, granular configuration of policies. Learn how to set up the client-less ZTNA in just 15 minutes for a rapid time to profit.

Ensure Easy Operation

Choose the ZTNA solution that provides the best value for money with little maintenance, and without the need to employ additional personnel. Cloud-based solutions that have an integrated console are simple to use and offer visibility across every ZTNA applications.

Ensure High Performance and Service Availability

A ZTNA service should provide close to 99.999 percent uptime, and provide high performance that is backed with Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Examine the SLAs for a particular vendor and search for the global range of Points of Presence (PoPs) with redundant zones in each.

Ensure Zero Trust Security Soundness

Search for ZTNA solutions that can separate the data and control planes, allowing true least privilege access to applications as well as other resources. They should have granular application controls, including access to write and read permissions, or administer permissions, as well as enabling policies at level of command and query. The ability to monitor groups as well as users and application use with access to recordings of video sessions offers a deep view. Be sure to check for other integrated security options like cloud IPS, sandboxing and DLP.

Part of a Future-Ready Security Service Edge

Think about what ways you could use the ZTNA solution could be extended to safeguard additional use cases, including branch access (FWaaS), Internet access (SWG) as well as SaaS access through an Security Service Edge (SSE). Secure remote ZTNA is an essential step towards a more comprehensive zero-trust security framework.

Why Check Point Harmony Connect Remote Access

Check Point Harmony Connect Remote Access gives access to all internal corporate applications located within the data centre, IaaS, public or private cloud. Simple to use, it is able to be installed within 15 minutes or less.

Harmony Connect Remote Access can be utilized using two methods:

• clientless application-level access Utilize an intuitive ZTNA to web-based applications such as databases, remote desktops and SSH servers, with highly precise in-app controls. This solution is perfect to protect remote access to devices without management (BYOD) and third-party providers as no agent is required. It also allows secure access for engineers and DevOps teams needing powerful cloud-based automation capabilities , including PAM-as-a service to multiple cloud and private resources.
• client-based network-level access (HTML0): The VPN-as-a-Service option is perfect to secure access for employees from controlled devices. It incorporates cloud DLP as well as an industry-leading cloud IPS to safeguard applications from the latest security vulnerabilities including Log4J.

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