In today’s distributed work environments, users need access to resources from anywhere, on any device. Traditionally, VPNs and firewalls were used for secure remote access. However, they have limitations like a large attack surface, complex management, limited visibility into remote user activity, as well as compatibility and performance issues. These factors lead to ineffective security and a poor user experience. Additionally, legacy VPN solutions cannot scale with business needs and require significant infrastructure investments, increasing cost and complexity.
Sangfor Zero Trust Guard is an easy-to-use, cloud-based Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution that provides high-performance, secure, and reliable remote access to any application or resource, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Through its cloud-native architecture, simplified policy management, and AI-driven malware detection, Sangfor ZTG scales effortlessly with business growth, ensures unified policy enforcement, and stops advanced cyber threats without compromising performance.
Smart Security
- Minimize the attack surface by making applications invisible to the internet.
- Enforce least-privileged access by continuously assessing identity and context.
- Prevent lateral movement by segmenting user access to isolated resources.
- Continuously monitor and detect threats, responding to security incidents in real time.
Simplicity
- Easy Configure: Reduce IT overhead with ZTG’s intuitive UI, enabling simplified and unified management.
- Easy to Deploy: Speed up your deployments with ZTG’s one-click automated provisioning and orchestration.
- Avoid Client Sprawl: Use an all-in-one client for a unified and consistent end-user experience.
- Seamless Migration: Easily transition from legacy VPN.
Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR, including:
- Access control requirements through granular policy enforcement, micro-segmentation, and risk-based access.
- Data protection requirements through data encryption in transit and at rest, keeping sensitive information secure.
- Facilitate incident response and forensic analysis with detailed audit and logging capabilities.
- Continuously track and monitor access activities in real time.
Scalability and Flexibility
- Leverage a cloud-native, dynamically scalable solution to accommodate a growing user base, diverse devices, and expanding network infrastructure.
- Use on-demand provisioning to meet fluctuating demands without upfront hardware investments.
- Benefit from a distributed architecture with international Points of Presence (POPs) for enhanced performance.
Sangfor Zero Trust Guard Delivers Cost Savings at Every Stage
Sangfor Zero Trust Guard High-Level Architecture
Adaptive Authentication
ZTG’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) capability adjusts its strength based on environmental and behavioral factors, striking a balance between security and user experience.
Adaptive Access Control
Adaptive access control evaluates requests for new sessions based on conditions like user identity, device posture, and location to allow or deny access. These conditions are continuously assessed, and appropriate actions are enforced when suspicious activity is detected.
Identity-Based Application Access
ZTG provides granular controls to define access at the application level based on user roles and device posture, rather than network-level controls like MAC addresses, VLANs, or IPs. All controls, permissions, and audit trails link directly to user identity, ensuring permissions move with the user for more flexible and precise policies.
User and Experience Behavior Analytics
ZTG offers complete visibility into potential threats, application performance, and user behavior. The centralized ZTG portal provides intuitive dashboards where administrators can see details about users, the apps they access, and the health of apps and resources.
Full Security Stack
As part of the Sangfor Access Secure (SASE) platform, Zero Trust Guard integrates seamlessly with Advanced Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Next-Generation Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), Endpoint Protection (EDR), and more. This integration offers unparalleled threat prevention and secure remote access capabilities, empowering businesses to operate securely across all locations.
Sangfor Zero Trust Guard Use Cases
Sangfor ZTG complements or replaces existing VPN with a Zero Trust solution, allowing secure remote access to your data center or cloud applications. This reduces the attack surface and prevents lateral threat movement.
Utilize a single-pane solution that provides single sign-on (SSO) and adaptive access policies for applications hosted in data centers or the cloud. Adaptive authentication allows organizations to tailor their authentication flow to align with business needs. Sangfor IDaaS integrates with existing identity ecosystems and eases the transition to the cloud.
Improve application access for end users by accelerating application traffic using Sangfor ZTG’s superior backbone connectivity. This overcomes latency and performance issues in hybrid and multi-cloud environments worldwide.
Replace slow and expensive legacy virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions for protecting data on BYOD and unmanaged devices. Sangfor ZTG offers a faster, smoother user experience while ensuring data encryption to protect sensitive information.
Sangfor ZTG provides improved visibility into end users and devices accessing corporate resources, enabling threat prevention, remediation, and data protection for remote users. This also reduces the complexity of legacy infrastructure like NGFW and VPN.
Deploy a smart, adaptive security solution to allow third-party vendors, contractors, and suppliers access to private applications and resources. This solution supports BYOD and unmanaged devices, ensuring security and peace of mind.
“Sangfor’s competitive placement on the Innovation Index is attributed to its strong commitment to enhancing the comprehensiveness of the SASE platform. Its SASE solution, Sangfor Access Secure, leverages ML/AI to provide AIOps for simplified network operations. Sangfor’s AI-driven Engine Zero malware detection engine and robust threat intelligence database also allow the company to deliver real-time analysis and more effective security protection through the SASE platform.”
Vivien Pua, senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan
