Enhanced and Uncomplicated Network Security
Unifying Zero Trust Network Access for Users Everywhere
Welcome
“Which users and devices are connecting to my network?” “Who’s accessing my data?” “Is there secure access to business critical applications?” These are key questions security and network leaders must ask themselves regularly. Today, employees, customers and partners expect to access data anywhere, anytime, while guest access and security of IoT devices are also concerns. Welcome to the world of the Infinite Enterprise – where connectivity has be secure for an infinitely distributed organization.
Having secure access to applications, data, and the network is critical to modern organizations across all industries. End users are living the Infinite Enterprise daily, expecting the same level of access at home, while traveling, or in a facility. Security also needs to be simple and seamless. End users expect access to resources to “just work” in a frictionless manner and assume it is secure.
Adopting a layered approach to security based on establishing a baseline of trust across identity, in the network, in applications, and devices is key. With it, network and security teams can create a least privileged model of security, ensuring the right data and services are available to the right stakeholders and devices, at the right time, and in the right locations.
Regards,
Phil Swain
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ExtremeCloud Universal ZTNA
As Gartner points out on pages 33-37 of the Hype Cycle report, adopting identity-based, zero trust network access (ZTNA) control solutions is one of the most effective ways to enhance security. However, they can leave gaps in campus security as they are designed to secure access to applications only, and don’t address secure access for guests or IoT devices. This makes it harder to maintain consistent security policy for applications and devices and a consistent end user experience across different locations.
Extreme Networks brings a unique solution to the market by combining zero trust network access (ZTNA) with campus network access control (NAC) and switch and access point security all in a single solution – simply managed from a single console. This makes for a frictionless experience for users whether they’re at home, in the office, or on a train. IT gets an easy to use interface to manage these unified capabilities.
ExtremeCloud Universal ZTNA delivers:
- Single, identity-based, zero trust policy engine for both networks and applications
- Unified observability, visualization and reporting for enhanced insight and simplified management
- Automated onboarding and provisioning of IoT and end user devices
- Automated configuration of NAC, SSIDs, ports and VLANs on Universal APs and switches
Universal ZTNA is the easiest, most comprehensive network access solution for users anywhere.[...]
Integrated Network Security Solutions
Protect your organization by taking a layered approach to network security with security applications and hardware platforms that work in concert to enhance security for users, applications, and networks. [...]
Hype Cycle for Enterprise Networking, 2023
12 July 2023
Universal ZTNA
Analysis By: Andrew Lerner, John Watts
Benefit Rating: High
Market Penetration: Less than 1% of target audience
Maturity: Emerging
Definition:
Universal zero trust network access (ZTNA) extends existing ZTNA technologies to use cases beyond remote access, to support local enforcement in campus and branch “on- premises” locations. “Universal ZTNA” is a marketing term, as the original ZTNA definition was not limited to remote access use cases. Universal ZTNA centralizes a user or device zero-trust-access policy to enable a single access policy definition.
Why This Is Important
Extending ZTNA products to campus environments creates several benefits for enterprises, including security gap elimination, unified policy, enhanced visibility, simplified operations and modernized pricing models.[...]