COUNTRY FOCUS : WEST COAST to provide access took half the time compared to legacy solutions .”
Further , when a user requests access to a particular application , the response is faster than ever before .
“ With our legacy environment , granting permission typically took days or even weeks and senior technical resources ,” said Jacobs . “ Now , anyone trained to administer Zscaler can do it in minutes .”
Secure , instant access with Cloud Browser Isolation
To fast-track migration from the company ’ s onpremises data center into AWS , Mindbody centralized private access to all of its AWS environments by deploying ZPA in an account designated as the hub .
Users connect to all other AWS accounts via this AWS hub account . Pursuing this strategy allows the company to onboard new users and cloud accounts even faster . Once their apps are migrated to AWS , users can connect to them immediately .
Mindbody also facilitated its migration to AWS by deploying ZPA via Infrastructure-as-Code ( IaC ).
Mindbody is also beginning to take advantage of Zscaler Cloud Browser Isolation to allow users to securely browse the Internet without the hassle of managing additional endpoint agents or plug-ins on every device .
Built into the Zero Trust Exchange , Cloud Browser Isolation creates an isolated browsing session that enables Mindbody users to access any webpage on the Internet without having to download any of the web content served by the webpage on to the local device or the corporate network .
The company ’ s security operations team expects this capability to be particularly useful for granting access to third parties , or users in acquired companies , who only need to access specific Internet resources .
“ With Cloud Browser Isolation , we can provide web browser access instantly , so they can get to work right away ,” noted Jacobs .
Reduced overheads for AWS developers
“ To help us provide consistent and accelerated private access deployment in the cloud , we leveraged IaC to support our ZPA infrastructure ,” Jacobs said .
“ Leveraging the automation capabilities of the Zero Trust Exchange , in combination with those of AWS , we ’ ve made what was already easy even easier .”
On-ramp to full zero trust
Today , zero trust is more than a buzzword at Mindbody , it is a way of life .
“ In the cloud , there ’ s no such thing as implied trust ,” noted Jacobs .
As Mindbody moves forward , it will evaluate an expansion of its Zero Trust Exchange deployment with Zscaler Internet Access ( ZIA ).
No matter how Mindbody ultimately proceeds , Jacobs considers his company ’ s Zero Trust Exchange implementation ‘ an on-ramp to a full zero trust model .’
In addition , Mindbody relies on the Zero Trust Exchange to support its extensive Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) deployment , which currently numbers close to 100 active accounts . Mindbody development teams create and manage cloudbased services for each of the various product verticals – including Fitness , Salon & Spa , and Integrative Health .
“ Our developers love ZPA ,” said Jacobs . “ They can access private applications and workloads in AWS quickly , easily and securely . And it ’ s extremely easy to grant access to a new resource , almost on the fly .”
Accelerating AWS migration
From the beginning of Mindbody ’ s transformation to the public cloud , it relied on the Zero Trust Exchange to engineer a secure , high-performance deployment .
“ Although we will continuously mature our zero trust environment , Zscaler is helping us get where we want to be more quickly and efficiently ,” he said .
“ For our users , the Zero Trust Exchange simply runs in the background , enabling them to securely access exactly what they need , when they need it and wherever they are , ensuring they can focus on what matters .”
Saving time and money
“ With ZPA , we ’ ve slashed VPN spending , complexity and time to onboard remote users ,” concluded Mindbody Deputy CISO Michael Jacobs .
“ Plus , our users ’ experience is vastly improved , and they can get to work and be productive immediately . I don ’ t have metrics for those cost and time savings but it ’ s substantial .” p
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