A10 Networks Cloud Access Proxy Provides Secure Access and Visibility for SaaS Apps
September 19 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Optimizes User Experience and Provides Security
with Comprehensive Visibility
A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) today announced a new Cloud Access
Proxy (CAP) solution that provides secure access to software as a
service (SaaS) applications, such as Microsoft Office 365,
optimizing branch offices with better performance, stronger
security and an enhanced user experience. Additionally, the
solution provides full visibility into SaaS applications for
improved security. The CAP solution is comprised of three
components: the new A10 Networks Thunder® 840 CAP appliance for the
branch office, higher-performance Thunder® Convergent Firewall
(CFW) platforms for the headquarters, and the new centralized CAP
Visibility and Analytics solution, which provides centralized
insights into outbound application traffic and SaaS application
usage. Together, the CAP solution ensures that access to SaaS
applications and data is accelerated and secured while maintaining
full, centralized visibility across sanctioned and unsanctioned
applications.
SaaS and Multi-cloud Environments Increase Security
Challenges
Traditionally, enterprise networks were designed to provide
users with access to applications and services hosted locally
within their data centers. To secure user access to the internet
and to protect them from cyber threats, a large central security
stack was typically hosted to inspect traffic going in and out of
the network. As organizations grew and expanded into multiple
branch offices, they were forced into a hub-and-spoke deployment
model where all branch office traffic was routed back to the
central security stack for policy enforcement and inspection.
With the increased adoption of SaaS applications, as well as the
rapid move towards multi-cloud deployments, enterprise networks are
changing with the consolidation of WAN edge infrastructure and
migration from MPLS. Maintaining the security and user experience
is increasingly challenging in this environment.
A10 Networks CAP solves these problems by consolidating
different features of multiple point products, like
software-defined-WAN, cloud access security brokers and secure web
gateways, providing a unified solution for SaaS optimization,
security and visibility. These features include:
- Local breakout – For branch office traffic
optimization using intelligent classification and bypassing of SaaS
traffic from other application traffic.
- Next hop load distribution (NHLD) – For
dynamic traffic distribution across multiple WAN connections.
- Tenant access control – For data theft
prevention between sanctioned and unsanctioned SaaS tenant
accounts.
- URL filtering – For traffic categorization and
protection from web threats.
- Application visibility and control – For
dynamic recognition and categorization, as well as filtering of
application traffic.
- IPsec VPN – For securing internet traffic,
backhauled from branches to the central security stack.
- AppCentric templates (ACT) – For simplified,
one-step deployments at new branch offices.
- CAP visibility and analytics solution – For
visibility across sanctioned and unsanctioned application traffic
at the branch office and in the cloud.
“Traditional enterprise networks are not optimized for SaaS
application traffic and the security provided by the SaaS vendor is
not adequate in addressing today’s cyber threats and increasing use
of shadow IT,” said Yasir Liaqatullah, vice president of product
management at A10 Networks. “A10 Networks’ Cloud Access Proxy is
designed specifically to help organizations optimize the
performance and security of their SaaS application traffic.”
The rapid increase in SaaS usage makes the Cloud Access Proxy
solution perfect for deployment in small to medium enterprises
(SME) and verticals like education, legal, finance and
manufacturing.
Availability
The complete Cloud Access Proxy solution, including Thunder 840
Cloud Access Proxy, Thunder CFW, and the centralized Cloud Access
Proxy Visibility and Analytics solution, is available now.
The centralized Cloud Access Proxy Visibility and Analytics
solution will also be available as an add-on app on the A10 Harmony
Controller® in early 2020.
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About A10 Networks
A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) provides Reliable Security Always™,
with a range of high-performance application networking solutions
that help organizations ensure that their data center applications
and networks remain highly available, accelerated and secure.
Founded in 2004, A10 Networks is based in San Jose, Calif., and
serves customers globally with offices in more than 80 countries
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@A10Networks.
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