Category Archives: WAN Edge

01 Mar

Empowering Cloud Security: Explore FatPipe SD-WAN’s ‘Bring Your Own Firewall’ Advantage

In today’s evolving landscape of digital transformation, the path to adopting Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) varies widely depending on the organization, reflecting the unique circumstances and objectives of each entity embarking on this transformative journey. At FatPipe, we recognize the unique nature of every SASE transition. We understand that each organization starts this journey from a different starting point, which highlights the importance of a flexible approach that delivers tangible benefits at every step.

Flexibility isn’t just about incremental wins; it’s about empowering organizations to adapt and evolve on their terms. FatPipe follows a flexible approach that not only acknowledges but embraces the diverse needs and circumstances of our customers. At FatPipe, we have innovated our SD-WAN solutions with a third-party Bring Your Own Firewall (BYOF) model to provide organizations with unparalleled flexibility and choice in their security infrastructure. This approach allows organizations to leverage their preferred firewall technology within FatPipe’s SASE framework, creating a cohesive and robust security environment tailored to their specific needs.

Bring Your Own Firewall Integration

 

Benefits of FatPipe SD-WAN Bring your own Line and Bring Your Own Firewall Integration

  • The integration between FatPipe SD-WAN and third-party firewalls is developed to facilitate a smooth and efficient flow of traffic within the SASE architecture. By seamlessly integrating these elements, organizations can ensure that their network traffic is routed through their chosen firewall for inspection and enforcement of security policies. This integration streamlines security operations and ensures consistent protection across the entire network infrastructure.
  • Within the SASE framework, FatPipe’s SD-WAN acts as the foundation for connectivity, providing feature of “Bring your own line” which allows seamless aggregated connectivity across heterogeneous media types e.g., Wireless, Wireline, MPLS, Internet, 4G/5G etc. The third-party firewall, brought in by the organization under the BYOF model, serves as an additional layer of defense, augmenting the security capabilities of the SD-WAN solution. Together, these components work in tandem to safeguard against a wide spectrum of threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring comprehensive protection for the organization’s digital assets.
  • This integrated approach not only enhances security but also provides higher Network Uptimes with seamless integration of heterogeneous lines with simple administration for IT teams. By consolidating networking and security functions within a unified platform, organizations can reduce complexity, streamline operations, and improve overall efficiency. Moreover, the flexibility offered by the BYOF and BYOL model enables organizations to leverage their existing investments in security infrastructure, maximizing ROI while benefiting from the advanced capabilities of FatPipe’s SASE-enabled SD-WAN solution.
08 Feb

Fortifying Cyber Defenses: FatPipe’s Holistic Approach on ZTNA

With the relentless evolution of cybersecurity threats, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) emerges as a transformative solution empowering organization to safeguard their networks and data. Unlike traditional security paradigms, ZTNA adopts a never trust, always verify approach, bolstering security even in the face of complex challenges. ZTNA’s emphasis on access management becomes paramount in the era of corporate network where the security boundaries are increasingly blurred due to fact that the applications can be anywhere, users are everywhere, and data is also everywhere. In such an environment ZTNA becomes critical for strictly permitting access only to authenticated users, devices, and applications. At the forefront of this security evolution stands FatPipe, leveraging its expertise to elevate security standards through a holistic ZTNA approach. FatPipe ZTNA not only ensures robust protection for organizational data and applications but also delivers exceptional user experience.

Why Organizations Need to Choose ZTNA over Traditional VPNs

Enhanced Security

ZTNA works on the principle of least privilege, ensuring that users, devices, and applications only access what is necessary for their roles. This granular approach significantly reduces the attack surface and mitigates the risk of lateral movement in case of a security breach. By focusing on identity verification and stringent access controls, ZTNA offers a higher level of security compared to traditional VPNs.

Adaptability

ZTNA solutions, with cloud-based options, bring unparalleled versatility as they can be seamlessly implemented across various locations with minimal disruption to the user experience. This adaptability is a significant distinction from traditional VPNs, which typically demand more manual configuration, leading to potential complexities and user inconvenience. While cloud VPNs can offer comparable flexibility to ZTNA, they often come with a constrained feature set. ZTNA’s cloud-native architecture not only ensures a high degree of flexibility but also maintains a rich feature set, allowing organizations to establish secure connections with ease and agility.

User Experience

While traditional VPNs demand individual setup on each user’s device and reliance on single-sign-on (SSO), ZTNA transforms the user experience with a cloud-based, seamless approach. ZTNA eliminates the need for users to remember frequent logins, allowing seamless access to organizational resources across any device without additional configuration. In contrast to the intricate setup of VPNs, ZTNA offers a modern, user-centric solution that prioritizes accessibility and efficiency.

Scalability

ZTNA has exceptional scalability, offering a centralized approach to user access control that simplifies access management for organizations. In contrast to traditional VPNs, ZTNA excels in accommodating the evolving needs of a growing user base and increasing device numbers. By centralizing user identity and access control, ZTNA streamlines the process of onboarding new users and devices, making it both efficient and adaptable.

FatPipe ZTNA Use Case

FatPipe provides comprehensive ZTNA solution comprising of features like application-specific access control, micro-segmentation, continuous trust verification, dynamic policy enforcement, identify-centric security, secure remote access, etc. FatPipe also provides custom ZTNA solutions to meet the specific needs and requirements of your organization.

In deploying secure dedicated connectivity for mobile tablet users over LTE (4G/5G), the customer who is a services company leverages FatPipe ZTNA to enhance security and to ensure that all connections are treated as untrusted, requiring rigorous user authentication and dynamic, context-aware policy enforcement. This micro-segmentation approach secures the traffic processed by FatPipe and delivers it to the customer’s network or the internet. Continuous monitoring and reduced attack surface contribute to the framework’s effectiveness, providing scalability and flexibility to adapt to the dynamic nature of a mobile workforce.

For optimal security, FatPipe ZTNA focusing on industry standard access controls integrates FatPipe SASE portfolio for network and security convergence. This integration ensures a robust defense mechanism by addressing both the network and security aspects cohesively, aligning with the dynamic and evolving nature of modern cybersecurity requirements.

11 Jan

FatPipe Networks Recognized as a Technology Leader in Quadrant’s Spark Matrix

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, which is a global advisory and consulting firm, announced that it named FatPipe Networks a 2023 technology leader in the SPARK Matrix Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Q2 2023.

FatPipe is happy that our commitment to innovation and excellence has been honored. This achievement encourages us to continue excelling and delivering cutting-edge solutions to our valued customers. In the words of Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, “FatPipe Networks offers a robust SD-WAN solution that incorporates FatPipe’s patented Multi-Path security and provides agile deployment and management across the entire fleet of branch offices.. With overall strong performance across the parameters of technology excellence and customer impact, FatPipe Networks has been positioned among the 2023 technology leaders in the global SD-WAN market.”

SD-WAN Market: An Overview 

The development of the SD-WAN market highlights its increasing indispensability across diverse business verticals. Positioned beyond a technological trend, SD-WAN has evolved into a strategic necessity for enterprises of all types.

  • The SD-WAN market size is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 29.02% between 2023 and 2028.
  • The market size is predicted to increase by USD 13.66 billion.

Key Market Drivers and Insights

The SD-WAN market is driven by several key drivers, including the growing demand for cloud-based applications and services, the need for a centralized network management system, the increasing popularity of SD-WAN as a service, enhanced network visibility and security, and cost-efficiency.

SD-WAN is a must-have solution in a digital landscape where seamless connectivity is pivotal for operational efficiency. Its ongoing progress reflects the growing urgencies of contemporary business landscapes, establishing SD-WAN not as a discretionary option but as an essential enabler for organizations striving to excel in an interconnected and dynamic global environment. SD-WAN is as strong as ever, and it is appreciably addressing data, network automation, efficiency, and security demands by relying on several supporting technologies.

FatPipe Networks has always been at the forefront of technology. Its emphasis on best-of-breed products demonstrates superior performance, specialized functionality, and a competitive edge. The commitment to outstanding customer service has propelled FatPipe to be recognized as a technology leader by Quadrant Knowledge Solutions. It’s not just technological efficiency but a dedication to meeting customer needs that has placed FatPipe in this coveted position.

02 Jan

FatPipe’s Comprehensive End-to-End SD-WAN and SASE Solution

Amidst the evolving challenges of remote work and branch connectivity, enterprises benefit from SASE, which integrates SD-WAN’s networking efficiency with a plethora of cloud security features, including zero trust network. As per research reports, by 2025, at least 60% of organizations will have explicit strategies and timelines for SASE adoption covering user, branch, and edge access. FatPipe unique technical cloud security features can help you accelerate the transition to the SASE architecture with tailored implementations that align with your organization’s unique needs.

SASE’s Vital Significance: Five Enterprise Use Cases

  • A large enterprise has several employees working from home, connecting with colleagues and customers through various collaboration tools to perform their tasks. SASE ensures secure connections, enabling employees to collaborate seamlessly while protecting sensitive information to enhance productivity.
  • An IT Services company needs to ensure secure and context-aware access for diverse user roles within its network infrastructure. SASE helps in providing a comprehensive security fabric with identity-based control and context awareness. IT professionals or user groups can be seamlessly associated with specific identities, enabling the organization to grant access tailored to roles, teams, or management hierarchies.
  • Faced with the critical need to align its network with stringent financial regulations, a pharmaceutical company must enhance its security posture, particularly in adhering to data encryption standards. Leveraging the integrated security capabilities of SASE, including robust data encryption, the pharma company can achieve regulatory compliance expectations.
  • A retail chain faces security risks as employees needed remote access to the company network while working from field and client offices. SASE offers a Zero Trust-based secure access solution, enhancing security by meticulously verifying identities and permissions before granting network access to remote employees.
  • A developing tech start-up was challenged with scaling its network infrastructure after the emergence in the need of accommodating a rise in users and escalating data loads. SASE’s cloud-native architecture provides the ideal solution, enabling the start-up to effortlessly expand both its network and security capabilities in tandem with its rapid growth path.

A large organization with a complex network infrastructure can gain from the gradual deployment capability of SASE, which enables a seamless transition without disrupting ongoing operations. FatPipe SASE provides simple yet effective transformation methods with advanced blockchain type of secure data transmission, making it easier, modular, and granular to implement secure Edge. FatPipe’s comprehensive cloud security products include Secure Web Gateway, Threat Protection and Management, ZTNA, IDS/IPS, Firewall as a Service (FWaaS), etc.

FatPipe’s comprehensive end-to-end SD-WAN and SASE solution lifecycle services meticulously encompass every aspect to improve business continuity and operational efficiency with impregnable security.

20 Nov

Catch Up with Rising Intelligence on the WAN Edge

WAN Edge refers to the device deployed at the “edge of the network,” especially at the branches. Till a few years back, these devices were expected to make routing decisions without human intervention, but with the advent of SD-WAN, the Edge devices are gaining much-needed intelligence and also are capable of performing multiple functions. Imagine effortlessly managing your WAN, elevating its performance, fortifying the security, and seamlessly integrating new heterogeneous connections of different technologies – all in one powerful suite of solutions. FatPipe Networks, the inventor and multiple patents holder of SDWAN technology has been at the forefront of making the “Edge” more powerful and intelligent to exponentially enhance the network performance. It provides unique patented technology MPSEC TM to the networking industry which has given a new dimension to Edge Intelligence. It also provides solutions for improving network performance in an existing WAN, simplifying WAN management, or adding and managing additional connections with zero-touch provisioning.

WAN Redundancy with MPSEC TM

FatPipe Multi path security patented technology allows multiple heterogeneous connections to the WAN for seamless aggregation of MPLS, Internet, 4G, leased networks, and satellite networks in one single virtual link with seamless sub-second failover to enhance network SLAs.

Dynamic load balancing on multiple lines 

FatPipe’s dynamic load balancing allows the load to be distributed on a WAN connection according to several algorithms ranging from simple round-robin load balancing to complex load balancing that determines the least number of hops from start to destination.

Multiple Quality of Service

FatPipe technology supports QoS mechanisms that let organizations prioritize specific traffic over others. This will ensure that VoIP calls have priority and the availability needed to be completed.

Data traffic Optimization

The Edge is enabled with multiple WAN Optimization techniques making it more intelligent. FatPipe data compression technology can compress data by up to 8x. FatPipe’s de-duplication technology looks for data duplicates in data sets and eliminates them. By caching local copies of transmitted data, FatPipe technology reduces the strain on network resources.

Hybrid WAN

The Hybrid WAN has the public and private networks working in parallel. We can also have internet-only branches to connect to their HQ or other data centers using an on-site or cloud gateway.

Centralized control and Policy-based management 

FatPipe SD-WAN ensures data security and decision-driven traffic routing through a centralized control function with additional benefits such as application performance, user satisfaction, business efficiency, and reduced operational expenditure. Based on policies, FatPipe manages the configurations and flow of traffic.

Dynamic path selection

FatPipe SD-WAN intelligently prioritizes data and diagnoses existing network conditions to effectively map application traffic to the best-suited route.

Last-mile connectivity

FatPipe SD-WAN devices deployed at each location elevate last-mile connectivity between sites without excessively relying on service partners, as with cloud-based solutions.

Fabric and Flat Networks

While fabric networks facilitate the seamless integration of many components, improve scalability, and enhance overall network performance, flat networks can reduce complexity in WAN environments with a simplified structure. Flat networks can improve data transfer efficiency, lower latency, and simplify management by minimizing the number of network layers.

Intelligent WAN Edge Consolidation 

FatPipe Intelligent WAN Edge consolidation typically involves simplifying management processes, improving network performance, and adding or managing additional connections into a unified and intelligent solution. The objective is to provide a more cohesive and effective approach to managing and optimizing the WAN edge infrastructure.