Hillstone ZTNA Solution

Hillstone ZTNA provides the flexibility to accommodate this WFH and WFA world while keeping the attack surface contained. Our ZTNA solution can ensure that only corporate-registered devices are used to access the corporate network, antivirus software is running, and operating systems are up to date. This will help avoid situations where attackers take advantage of a known vulnerability on a system and leverage it as a jump-off point into corporate systems via remote VPN.

Hillstone ZTNA can ensure that employees attain the necessary access for work processes while limiting modify access privileges to sensitive data. For example, a corporate finance employee who is traveling might be able to access their email but not allowed to connect to the finance or accounting systems while they are on the road and accessing corporate services via public locations. Once this user arrives at a branch office and is confirmed to be in a secured site, this user will gain access to the finance systems. This intelligent, context-based, least-privilege approach does an excellent job of managing risk and balancing security with productivity. ZTNA provides CISOs with the tools to surgically implement their policies, as opposed to the blunt hammer of all-access or no-access.

Hillstone ZTNA can provide the necessary additional layer of protection for government entities and enterprises with stricter compliance requirements. Both are categories of organizations at higher risk of compromise from malware and ransomware. ZTNA aligns with the philosophy of many of these agencies and industries, who themselves advocate a policy of need-to-know, need-to-access mindset. For example, ZTNA policies can mandate that traveling government employees use multi-factor authentication and trusted devices for remote access. Hillstone can be programmed to block access otherwise or allow limited access to commonly targeted systems like email.

Service providers looking to help their customers secure their company IT resources in the face of WFH and WFA will find added value in Hillstone’s ZTNA solution. Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are under threat from ransomware but have little to no in-house IT expertise. As such, such enterprises are expecting reliable connectivity in tandem with dependable security for their digital assets. By layering ZTNA on top of Hillstone’s NGFW solutions, service providers can provide these SMEs with the added value of a managed solution that improves their security posture significantly. ZTNA can easily be provided as a service to these SMEs, allowing them to benefit from the advanced policies while trusting the service provider to manage the security policies on their behalf.

In summary, ZTNA allows enterprises to clearly see assets and interactions existing on their network, understand what access requirements are needed where and to who, and allows enterprises to quickly fulfill network needs while ensuring security despite the complex present-day access requirements.