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Zero Networks Connect in 2 Minutes

Zero Networks Connect™️ is the only zero trust solution designed to connect remote employees and third parties to the organization with optimized network performance.

Its patented technology combines the speed of VPN with the security of ZTNA, without their flaws. Like VPN, Zero Networks allows a direct, fast, and secure tunnel between the user and the organization (and its applications), but has no open ports on the internet, therefore invisible to attackers.

Like ZTNA, Zero Networks is zero trust, but eliminates the latency and higher costs involved in routing all traffic through a cloud proxy.

Summary

Zero Networks Connect securely connects remote employees and third parties to an organization’s network with the speed of a VPN and the security of ZTNA. VPNs leave ports open to attackers, and proxy-based ZTNA adds latency and cost by routing all traffic through the cloud. Zero Networks Connect instead keeps its port closed until a user authenticates with MFA through the organization’s existing identity provider, then opens it only to that user’s IP address and builds a direct tunnel based on the user’s permissions, while keeping every user’s real IP address visible to the organization.

Key takeaways

VPNs create a direct, secure tunnel, but they leave VPN ports open and vulnerable to attack.
ZTNA hides behind a cloud proxy, but it adds latency and higher costs because all connections are routed through the cloud.
With Zero Networks Connect, users authenticate with MFA through their organization’s existing identity provider before any port opens.
The Connect port opens only to the authenticated user’s IP address, and the tunnel is limited to that user’s permissions.
Unlike legacy ZTNA, which makes all users appear to come from a single IP address, Zero Networks Connect keeps each user’s IP visible, so there are no security blind spots.

This video was published in July 2023.

[00:00] Narrator: I’m Lisa, and we are Zero Networks.

[00:11] In today’s hybrid work landscape, IT teams are challenged with securely connecting remote employees and third parties to their network. Zero Networks Connect is the only remote access solution designed for zero trust network access and optimized network performance.

What are the drawbacks of VPN and ZTNA?

[00:28] You may be familiar with VPNs and ZTNA, but they each come with their own baggage. VPNs provide a direct and secure tunnel between the user and the organization, but they leave VPN ports open and vulnerable to attacks. ZTNA solves this by hiding behind a cloud proxy, but it introduces latency and higher costs, because all network connections are routed through the cloud.

[00:54] Zero Networks Connect eliminates these flaws and combines the speed of VPN with the ironclad security of ZTNA.

How does Zero Networks Connect work?

[01:03] The user connects to the Zero Networks cloud and authenticates using MFA with their organization’s existing identity provider. Then, Zero Networks opens the Connect port only to that user’s IP address, and a secure tunnel is established between the user and the organization based on the user’s permissions.

[01:24] Zero Networks Connect keeps the IP addresses of all users visible to the organization, unlike legacy ZTNA solutions that make it appear as if all users are connecting from a single IP address. This ensures full visibility and no security blind spots.

[01:41] Zero Networks Connect is a paradigm shift in network security. Book a demo, and we’ll prove it to you.