Verizon secures global enterprise networks with Zero Trust capabilities
November 21 2019 - 12:01AM
Verizon Business Group has now embedded its Software Defined
Perimeter (SDP) service over its Private IP networks, creating a
Zero Trust Architecture. The service is now available to the
company’s global Private IP and Ethernet customers who currently
run over 330,000 connections covering 800,000 network route miles
in more than 150 countries.
Verizon’s Zero Trust network essentially blocks connectivity to
servers and applications from unknown devices, making corporate
data virtually invisible to anyone without approved
access.
“For the past decade, enterprises have connected their employees
and third parties directly to their internal networks via virtual
private networks (VPN). Once they are through the firewall, they
then have access to a multitude of critical data. With Zero Trust
Architecture embedded in the network, all users are isolated from
the corporate network but are still able to directly access their
authorized applications. It’s all about protecting corporate data,
but also enabling people to do their job,” said Vickie Lonker,
Verizon’s vice president of product management and development.
Trust no one. How SDP works?The technology
isolates an enterprise’s servers from vulnerabilities and
configuration errors and integrates multifactor authentication,
using a One-Time Password (OTP) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)
for multi-factor authentication. The newly-launched service can be
switched on by simply deploying the necessary SDP clients and
setting up authorized user lists for the applications that need to
be accessed.
Demand fuelled by mobile employeesThe rising
number of remote employees with access to sensitive corporate
information such as regulated data, intellectual property and
corporate financial data - connecting via traditional virtual
private network (VPN) technology - has led to the robust adoption
of SDP. The 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found
that 29% of the 2000 data breaches investigated involved stolen
credentials with misconfiguration errors in the cloud increasing
year-over-year, highlighting the limitations of relying solely on
perimeter security controls to protect corporate data.
Verizon first announced the launch of its SDP service in 2017,
shortly thereafter adding the technology to its suite of Virtual
Network Services (VNS) the same year.
Find out more about how Verizon’s global network, managed
network services and Software-Defined Interconnect can help your
business here.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in
New York City, generated revenues of $130.9 billion in 2018. The
company operates America’s most reliable wireless network and the
nation’s premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated
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social and governance issues most relevant to its business and
impact to society.
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