Cryptzone providing highly scalable 'segment of one' network access control across cloud and hybrid environments

Cryptzone, a provider of dynamic, context-aware network, application and content security solutions, releases version 2.0 of the AppGate XDP, Cryptzone's dynamic, secure access control platform that dramatically reduces the attack surface for all users across applications and data hosted both on-premises and in the cloud.

"Traditional security tools like VPNs, firewalls, and NACs are labour-intensive to manage, and provide all-or-nothing access, giving authenticated users overly broad network access and allowing wide-reaching breaches" says Sean Glansbeek CEO of Private Protocol.

AppGate XDP provides a simpler way - establishing secure, encrypted tunnels between users and authorised network resources. Everything else on the network is invisible and unreachable, regardless of where it is hosted, closing the door on attackers. Because AppGate XDP automatically adjusts access decisions based on policy and user context, the business obtains the agility it needs without overloading IT and Security teams.

Leading industry analyst firm Gartner recognises the need for this software-defined perimeter (SDP) based approach: "SDP technology enables organisations to provide people-centric, manageable, ubiquitous, secure and agile access to networked systems, services and applications. It does this by solving a core design flaw in the unsecure manner in which TCP/IP was developed (in other words, without authentication and encryption prior to packet processing).

AppGate XDP 2.0 delivers linear scalability for network access, with a patent-pending approach that combines scalability with high-availability. Now enterprises can achieve the dynamic, user-centric network security they want, while obtaining the reliability and performance they need.

Enterprises have many challenges around managing user access to the network. In the first release of AppGate XDP, Cryptzone solved the problem of fine-grained, user-centric network access by enabling organisations to take a 'Segment of One' approach to their networks, supporting both on-premises environments and public cloud providers. With AppGate XDP 2.0 Cryptzone increased scalability, reliability, and high availability, allowing enterprises to achieve the best of both worlds - fine-grained access control per user, and incredible performance and reliability."

This new version provides linear scalability - as their user population or scope grows, enterprises can easily scale out by deploying additional AppGate XDP gateways. User devices will automatically load-balance across the collection of Gateways, and in the event of a failure automatically reconnect without losing state.

In addition, AppGate XDP 2.0 adds new capabilities for supporting fine-grained, adaptive access control to Amazon EC2 resources. By automatically detecting new server instances, and intelligently combining EC2 tags and security groups with user context, AppGate XDP will automatically adjust user access to these new instances.

"This frees up IT from having to manually grant or revoke access for each change, and avoids the security risk of granting complete network access to all users, which is often the default" concludes Glansbeek.

The following additional new features are also available in AppGate XDP 2.0:

* IPv6 Support, enabling AppGate XDP to work on newer IPv6-based networks.
* Datagram support, ensuring network latency is kept at a minimum, and provides support for tunnelling UDP applications (such as VOIP) through AppGate.
* Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support, so the health of the AppGate XDP system can be easily integrated into an enterprise's management infrastructure.
* Streamlined administration and configuration user interface, for easier management.