In a World Where Security and Network Have Converged, ZTNA Is Key
… easily travel laterally to sow malware, seek important resources and disrupt business. When ZTNA’s zero-trust paradigm replaces perimeter-based VPNs, every person or device requesting access to a resource is verified before access is granted only to that resource.
Securing Expansive Network Growth
To ensure a network is properly secure onsite and for remote users, multiple layers of security are necessary to protect vital applications and their data. While SD-WAN provides an optimal pathway to applications, its sole purpose is to enhance the user experience. By aligning ZTNA with SD-WAN, the end-user gains the maximum level of secure access to those applications, while still benefiting from an optimized experience. MSSPs and partners can layer on services and even consolidate and simplify their architecture by combining ZTNA with SD-WAN, providing even more value and cost savings to their customers.
Converging network and security is essential to negate emerging threats and protect data, people and devices across the entire network. With every employee likely having two or three devices that are linked to the network at any given time accessing applications, exposure to threat actors is at an all-time high.
The success of networks has, in a way, made them more vulnerable. Because of the distributed nature and the expansion of networks, more individuals and gadgets are increasingly vulnerable to cybercriminals. We can’t maintain the security perspective we had even a few years ago, due to the rapid growth of network edges and new settings, endpoints and varieties of clouds. To proactively defend, we now require real-time security.
Partners in Security
COVID has come in waves, but telework is a tsunami. The work-from-anywhere paradigm has created massive opportunity — both for companies and their employees and for malicious actors. In this expanding threat landscape, it is essential to adopt a proactively defensive stance with converged networking and security using multiple layers of security.
ZTNA models are essential for networks with a growing remote workforce and the proliferation of IoT-connected devices across networks. Combining ZTNA and SD-WAN is a dynamic solution that not only helps improve the user experience, but strengthens an organization’s security posture. Partners who can provide these capabilities have a golden opportunity to better serve their clients and distinguish themselves from the competition.
Jon Bove is the vice president of channel sales at Fortinet. He and his team are responsible for strategizing, promoting and driving the channel sales strategy for partners in the United States. A 17-year veteran of the technology industry, Bove has held progressively responsible sales, sales leadership and channel leadership positions. Follow @Fortinet on Twitter or Bove on LinkedIn.
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