Pulse Secure Access Suite and Pulse
SDP highlighted in new Zero Trust
Network Security market insight report
ulse Secure, a leading
P
provider of software-defined
Secure Access solutions, has
announced its Access Suite and SDP
solution were recognised in a recently
published analyst report: Market Insights:
Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) for
Zero Trust Network Security, 2020.
The Software Defined Perimeter
market insights report, by Quadrant
Knowledge Solutions, presents market
definitions, drivers, primary use
cases, trends, solution characteristics
and architectures, as well as market
recommendations and vendor profiles.
According to the report: ‘Software
Defined Perimeter technology is
emerging as an advanced network
security solution for today’s complex,
interconnected world. SDP follows a
Zero Trust approach, wherein the default
network security posture is that of deny.
Access is granted upon authenticating
and authorising both user and device.
By pre-authorising users and devices
prior to making the application layer
access (applications and resources),
SDP protects enterprises from a range
of attacks. The debate of SDP as a
complete replacement over VPN (SSL-
VPN), that SSL-VPN is insecure or SSL-
VPN lacking Zero Trust capabilities – is
all moot. SSL-VPN is a proven, widely
used tool for secure remote access.
Advanced SSL-VPNs operate at the
application layer and offer Zero
Trust functionality.’
Piyush Dewangan, Industry Research
Manager at Quadrant Knowledge
Solutions, said: “Pulse Access Suite with
SDP has extensive functional capabilities
and greater infrastructure, security
and application interoperability that
supports, comparatively, a broader and
more diverse range of use cases. The
company is distinguished among Zero
Trust, secure access solution vendors,
especially for enterprises and service
providers operating hybrid IT and multicloud
environments.”
Pulse Secure’s Zero Trust value
proposition is realised through its
Access Suites that deliver continuous
user and device authentication,
protected connectivity, extensive
visibility and threat response
across mobile, network and cloud
environments. The integrated Suites
offer enterprises easy access for
end-users and single-pane-of-glass
management for administrators.
Organisations can centrally orchestrate
Zero Trust policy to ensure compliant
access to applications, resources
and services no matter where they
reside; on-premises, in private cloud
and public cloud environments. Pulse
SDP, Software Defined Perimeter, is an
add-on to the Suite that extends secure
access capabilities by allowing direct,
trusted access between a user’s device
and the application residing in the cloud
or data centre.
“The need for Zero Trust network
security has never been greater,
especially due to increased targeted
attacks, rapid work-from-home mandates
and mounting privacy compliance
obligations. We have seen tremendous
demand for our Pulse Access Suites as
organisations consolidate their secure
access tech stack to gain agility, scale
and cyber-risk mitigation,” said Scott
Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer at Pulse
Secure. “We are pleased to receive Zero
Trust security market distinction and
welcome organisations to explore our
Access Suite to see how it can costeffectively
improve user productivity and
enterprise security posture.” u
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