Overview

Provide seamless application access without VDI or network integrations

Contractors, partners, and other third parties need SaaS and private app access to get work done. Options like VDI, VPN, enterprise browsers, or extending network access are difficult, expensive, and not built to protect data. Give third parties secure, agentless app access—from the browser they already use—with data security included.

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Enable productivity on unmanaged devices

with browser-based app access

Prevent data
Prevent data exfiltration and risky user actions

with robust data security controls

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Provide direct user-to-app access with no VPN

for built-in app segmentation

The Problem
Overextending access to third-party users is risky

Traditionally, third-party users access apps through slow, expensive VDI or a VPN agent installed on their devices. Either approach has three main challenges.

Greater enterprise risk

Giving third parties broad network access via VPN lets them access other sensitive information. VDI lacks integrated data protection to prevent data exfiltration.

Bad user experience

VDI latency hinders productivity, and VPN agents frustrate users by forcing them to convert their personal devices into corporate-managed endpoints.

Excessive costs

VDI is synonymous with "expensive," potentially costing more than $1,000 per user per year in licensing, infrastructure, and operations.
 

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Solution Overview

Easily minimize third-party risk with Zscaler

Take a user- and application-centric approach to security with Zscaler Third-Party Access. Provide only authorized users with access to specific apps—with great user experiences, integrated data security and private AppProtection; and no software agents, new dedicated browsers, or VDI—all without granting network access.

It works seamlessly with any device, including bring-your-own-device (BYOD), in the user's browser of choice, while your IT team maintains granular control. Authorized users gain secure access to the apps and data they need, and nothing else.

Secure
Security

Segment application access with direct user-to-app connections, preventing lateral movement. Restrict risky actions like copy/paste or document downloads to unmanaged devices to protect against web-based risks and block data exfiltration.

Simplicity
Simplicity

Grant users seamless access to authorized applications from their own web browser, on any device. No need to install agents or deploy a separate browser for enterprise use.

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Integration and value

Maintain consistent policies and ease of management from a single, unified platform. Eliminate costly technologies like VDI to drive down costs many times over.

Benefits

Enable secure app access in minutes

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Provide a seamless experience

for third-party and internal users

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Offer secure, agentless access

to apps from BYOD using your current IdP

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Support access to SaaS and private apps

both on-premises and in the cloud

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Drive down costs

with more cost-effective app access than VDI

Solution Details

A fundamentally different approach

Most access solutions are flawed. VPNs are network-centric. VDI is slow and expensive. Enterprise browsers add cost, risk, and another tool to manage.

Zscaler does things differently. Unlike VPNs or VDI, Zscaler Third Party Access seamlessly connects users directly to enterprise apps through a cloud native zero trust architecture, reducing risks stemming from overprivileged access.

Zscaler Third Party Access seamlessly connects users directly to enterprise apps through a cloud native zero trust architecture

Browser-Based Access

Deliver agentless access to SaaS and private apps via Zscaler for unmanaged devices.

Cloud Browser Isolation

Enforce powerful last-mile data controls to stop risky user actions like uploads, downloads, printing, copy/paste, and more.

Zscaler Data Protection

Prevent data exfiltration with fully integrated, fine-grained data protection running on all user sessions.

Zscaler AppProtection

Prevent zero-day attacks and browser-based vulnerabilities by identifying high-risk users through user browser activity.

Customer Case Study

Energy32,000 employees62 countries

“Instead of [making users] go to the internal registration site to register their second factor tokens, we just [use] ZPA clientless access, and that works phenomenally.”

—Casey Lee, Director of IT Security, NOV

Financial Services and Insurance70,000+ employees29 countries

"Cloud Browser Isolation allowed us to quickly onboard employees [and] give them access to the things they need in our network.”

James Colson, Business Information Security Officer, Liberty Mutual

Energy32,000 employees62 countries

“Instead of [making users] go to the internal registration site to register their second factor tokens, we just [use] ZPA clientless access, and that works phenomenally.”

—Casey Lee, Director of IT Security, NOV

Financial Services and Insurance70,000+ employees29 countries

"Cloud Browser Isolation allowed us to quickly onboard employees [and] give them access to the things they need in our network.”

James Colson, Business Information Security Officer, Liberty Mutual

Energy32,000 employees62 countries

“Instead of [making users] go to the internal registration site to register their second factor tokens, we just [use] ZPA clientless access, and that works phenomenally.”

—Casey Lee, Director of IT Security, NOV

Financial Services and Insurance70,000+ employees29 countries

"Cloud Browser Isolation allowed us to quickly onboard employees [and] give them access to the things they need in our network.”

James Colson, Business Information Security Officer, Liberty Mutual

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NOV delivers seamless, simple access to internal apps

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Liberty Mutual accelerates M&A with browser isolation

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NOV delivers seamless, simple access to internal apps

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Liberty Mutual accelerates M&A with browser isolation

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NOV delivers seamless, simple access to internal apps

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Liberty Mutual accelerates M&A with browser isolation

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