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<\/p>\nThe pandemic created a tectonic shift in the way most organizations operate, with many employees forced to work from home.<\/p>\n
This revealed many benefits for both parties that have turned remote working and hybrid workplaces into a productive and sustainable way of operating.<\/p>\n
This new normal, with a multitude of branch offices of one person, has also created some additional challenges and exposed many issues with remote access VPN.<\/p>\n
The time is right for ZTNA<\/h2>\n
Fortunately, zero trust network access – or ZTNA – has emerged as the perfect solution, at the perfect time.<\/p>\n
ZTNA enables remote workers to seamlessly and transparently access the applications, data, and systems they need to be productive, while simultaneously solving all the major issues with VPN: scalability, management, performance, and most importantly, security.<\/p>\n
Security first<\/h2>\n
Data security and privacy are critically important and justifiably regulated across most jurisdictions: GDPR in Europe, the Data Protection Act in the UK, CCPA in the USA, PIPEDA in Canada, and the Privacy Act in Australia, to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Some jurisdictions, like Germany\u2019s Federal Office for Information Security<\/a> (BSI) and the United States Federal Government<\/a>, have taken data protection a step further by mandating state-of-the-art cybersecurity standards using technologies like zero trust.<\/p>\n Naturally, no organization can afford a data breach, but many are at a loss as to how best to protect against them. Where remote workers are involved, ZTNA is an essential first step as it offers many benefits over VPN:<\/p>\n And the best part is, ZTNA is much easier to scale and manage than remote-access VPN solutions. Check out what the BSI Group says about ZTNA in their brief.<\/a><\/p>\n To learn more about ZTNA, watch this short video:<\/p>\nZTNA versus VPN<\/h2>\n
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