It's Time to Rethink Third-Party Access
Over-privileged access puts the enterprise at risk.
Third-party vendors and contractors present an increasingly attractive opportunity for malicious attackers trying to
gain access to an enterprise. Over-privileged third-party accounts provide an easy avenue for unrestricted access into
the enterprise network. By contrast, CrossLink ZTNA follows the principle of "least privilege" to only grant access
to what is needed.
"Spend at depth" does not equal better security.
To try to contain the chaos of third-party access, enterprises often opt for an alphabet soup of acronyms as part of their
security strategy: VPN, NGFW (next-generation firewall), PAM (privileged access management), NAC (network access control),
and others. But this "spend at depth" strategy does not address the fundamental problem. With CrossLink ZTNA, third-party
users never have more access rights than they should.
Unmanaged environments should not be trusted.
Third-party vendors are unmanaged environments subject to their own security protocols and practices; an enterprise does
not control the security policies of their vendors. As such, these third-party environments should not be trusted. Any access
system that does not adhere to this fundamental tenet exposes the enterprise to risk. CrossLink ZTNA ensures that an
enterprise-defined security policy is applied on third-party access before granting any access.
