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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are a system integrator and provide solutions to our customers to address their business requirements related to their secure access to their private data centers. There are multiple challenges related to VPN based access for internet users, for internet-facing and non-internet-facing applications. NPA provides zero-trust-based application-level access to data centers, cloud workloads, and SaaS based applications. We are able to design and implement these solutions specific to customer use cases.
Pros
- Great replacement of VPN based access, avoiding VPN overheads, latency, and poor user experience.
- Zero trust network access, which provide per application access without using network tunnel.
- Strong cloud native architecture that can scale globally with low latency.
- Unified secure access to private, SaaS, and Web Apps.
- Context-aware security with real-time visibility and data protection.
Cons
- The solution is complex, which require specific expertise to implement and manage these solutions.
- In a hybrid and distributed environment even the initial set-up is complex.
- In the case of small and midsize deployments, NPA becomes costly in comparison with some of the trusted names in the market.
- Can we have better modular pricing and licensing?
Likelihood to Recommend
For more suitable scenarios, it is more flexible to deploy NPA with granular access to third-party vendors and contractors. works well in hybrid and multi-cloud private application access. good use cases with DLP, logging, and zero trust. we required improvement if the customer needs full network layer access, as some of the legacy applications may need full network access. also, can we achieve better performance for latency-sensitive or real-time traffic like voice, video?
