Three ZTNA 2.0 Starting Points for Your Organization

Getting started with ZTNA 2.0 should not be difficult, overwhelming, or come with compromises. It boils down to alignment—mapping needs to the key concerns or challenges most organizations face to solve their challenges without requiring a massive architectural shift or business disruption.

Here are the three key projects where you can begin implementing ZTNA 2 .0 into your organization today:

• VPN replacement project. Move away from on-premises VPN concentrators and poor performing backhauling architectures, inefficient network paths, and expensive-to-manage infrastructure.
• SWG replacement project. Move away from premises-based and legacy proxy architectures to a modern, cloud-based approach to secure users accessing web and internet tools.
• Advanced SaaS app security or Next-Gen CASB project. Modernize security for and regain control over the explosion of SaaS applications, limit exposure, provide better protection for sensitive data, and get a handle on shadow IT.?

Starting Point 1: VPN Replacement Project

Replace legacy remote access outdated VPN technologies that deliver network access to the remote and hybrid workforce with a more modern ZTNA 2 .0 solution that overcomes performance bottlenecks and simplifies management.?

ZTNA 2 .0 removes the challenges VPN brings to securing remote and hybrid workforces?

VPN replacement initiatives are driven by a number of factors:

• Applications moving to a true hybrid model—taking advantage of on-premises, cloud, and multi-cloud environments. Legacy VPN technology that trombones or backhauls traffic to a premises “concentrator” doesn’t scale or deliver the best possible user experience in this new model.
• Changes in enterprise app access requirements. Traditionally, employees used managed devices to complete work-related tasks. However, more and more unmanaged devices have made their way onto corporate networks and can access corporate applications.
• Organizations looking for consistent and universal protection and security model for all apps, not just web or legacy applications.
• While there are a number of solutions that can address some of those needs, only ZTNA 2 .0 with Prisma Access helps transform networking and security to support both managed and unmanaged devices while delivering consistent security protection across the entire organization.?

Starting Point 2: SWG Replacement

Many organizations are looking for ways to improve their employee experience when accessing web applications. Rather than dealing with the latency that comes with backhauling web traffic to corporate data centers before delivering the requested content to wherever an employee is located, the cloud SWG capabilities within Prisma Access remove the latency and improve the security capabilities.?

ZTNA 2.0 with Prisma Access removes the latency frustrations experienced with traditional SWG implementations?

Prisma Access future proofs the ZTNA 2 .0 journey. At any point, an organization can choose to deploy agents to secure all ports, protocols, and applications. Prisma Access:

• Offers multiple connect methods to implement SWG for all hybrid users and branch offices—explicit proxy, agent, or clientless
• Makes it easy for organizations to move from legacy proxy to cloud-enabled secure access without making any network changes by simply updating their existing PAC files
• Integrates with Prisma SD-WAN to provide a seamless way to onboard to Prisma Access and offers consistency of security for all branch locations?

Starting Point 3: Advanced SaaS App Security Project

The Next-Gen CASB capabilities within Prisma Access ensure complete coverage, securing all apps, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Organizations get full visibility into “shadow IT” and easy-to-use workflows to safely enable SaaS app usage to keep your business ahead of the SaaS application explosion.

Prisma Access offers the industry’s broadest coverage for API-based protection of sanctioned SaaS and collaboration apps .

With advanced DLP for both private and public apps, Prisma Access Next-Gen CASB seamlessly extends consistent data protection across SaaS, network, branch offices and hybrid workforces. It also offers end-user self-remediation and incident response management.?

Next-Gen CASB capabilities within Prisma Access secure all apps, whether on- premises or in the cloud.

Conclusion

With the five big challenges of the ZTNA 1.0 approach, you may be wondering, “How did ZTNA 1.0 even make it to the market?” It was a good solution to the cybersecurity challenges organizations faced years ago. However, the threat landscape has become more sophisticated and evolved, and the attack surface has exploded as a result of the hybrid network environments that have more people working outside controlled corporate environments, turning work into an activity, not a place.

ZTNA 2 .0 ushers in a new era of secure access in a world where work is an activity, not a place. And Prisma Access is the industry’s only ZTNA 2.0 security solution delivered in a simple, unified product, purpose-built to help you achieve ZTNA 2 .0 success.?