{"id":18339,"date":"2022-02-22T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T23:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2022\/02\/22\/news-12072\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T23:20:55","slug":"news-12072","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2022\/02\/22\/news-12072\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Sophos ZTNA is better"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:32:29 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sophos ZTNA provides a number of advantages over remote-access VPN – enabling remote workers to access the applications they need with much stronger security, all while making management a lot easier and providing a smoother end-user experience.<\/p>\n

Better security<\/h2>\n

Sophos ZTNA provides better security for four reasons:<\/p>\n

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  1. Sophos ZTNA removes the need for vulnerable old VPN client software on end-user laptops, which has increasingly become the target of ransomware attackers<\/li>\n
  2. Sophos ZTNA integrates device health into connection policies, enabling non-compliant or compromised devices to be denied connections to corporate applications and data<\/li>\n
  3. Sophos ZTNA only connects users to specific applications \u2013 not the entire network, eliminating lateral movement<\/li>\n
  4. Sophos ZTNA is unique in integrating with Sophos Intercept X to provide a single-agent solution that combines the world\u2019s best next-gen endpoint with ZTNA \u2013 better protecting not just user devices, but also their identities, and the applications and networks they connect to<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Simpler management<\/h2>\n

    While remote-access VPN has become a full-time job for many, Sophos ZTNA makes day-to-day management easier:<\/p>\n

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    1. It\u2019s easy to deploy. If your apps are all browser based, you can use the clientless option. If you need remote system access, our single agent integrated with Intercept X is also super easy to deploy. And the gateways are also easily set up: all from Sophos Central.<\/li>\n
    2. It\u2019s quick and painless to set up your identity provider in the cloud – particularly if you use Active Directory, as you can easily sync with Azure AD. It’s therefore easy to manage users as they come and go from the organization.<\/li>\n
    3. It\u2019s very simple to add new applications and make them accessible through policies to just the users that need access.<\/li>\n
    4. There is tremendously rich and valuable reporting that provides great insights into bandwidth and resource utilization, allowing you to monitor usage and plan capacity for your networked applications.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Easier to use<\/h2>\n

      Sophos ZTNA is much more reliable, seamless, and transparent than old-school VPN.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t slow users down, drop connections at the most inopportune time, or create headaches when attempting to connect \u2013 from anywhere.<\/p>\n

      Sophos ZTNA demo video<\/h2>\n

      See Sophos ZTNA in action in this comprehensive demo video, which shows how a system can be set up using clientless access with a couple of different users, applications, and policies.\u00a0 Supporting remote workers shouldn\u2019t be hard, and with Sophos ZTNA, it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n