What is the Cradlepoint SASE security solution?
Cradlepoint currently leverages a technology partnership with Palo Alto Networks to integrate NetCloud with Palo Alto Prisma Access to deliver Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) functionality for enterprise wireless WANs. Advanced security technologies such as CASB, ZTNA, SWG and FWaaS are applied when implementing a SASE security model. Though some advanced network and data security technologies are offered by Cradlepoint, as listed here, others are likely offered via partnerships with SASE providers such as Palo Alto Networks.
Cradlepoint's network security solution is NCX Secure Connect. The solution is an alternative to VPN infrastructures to securely connect sites, remote workers, IoT and vehicles. NCX Secure Connect uses undiscoverable network resources to reduce the attack surface and provide any-to-any connectivity. The solution also offers built-in tuinnel orchestration, overlapping IP addressing and name-based routing.
What ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access) solution is supported by Cradlepoint?
Cradlepoint's ZTNA solution for 5G/LTE is NetCloud Exchange ZTNA. The solution delivers built-in zero-trust features through Cradlepoint NetCloud and cellular-enabled routers to ensure a granular, efficient and native ZTNA experience. Features include:
- Automatic trust segments enable granular user resource assignment based on user and network attributes.
- Root identity store using self-service SAML provides a single user-identity group reducing identity sprawl and complexity.
- Flexible access methods, including router-based authentication or external access via Windows and Mac clients.
- Continuous verification of contexts such as device and location reduces user access until the resolution of the anomaly or user identity is reauthenticated.
- A single shared policy engine for NCX Secure Connect, SD WAN and ZTNA that enables the creation of granular access control policies leveraging context and identity whilst also enhancing performance by removing latency existing between multiple policy engines.
Cradlepoint's solution leverages zero-trust principles to restrict user access to corporate resources, using granular policies, context and identity information to grant access. Connections are built upon authentication and are defined to the appropriate corporate resources rather than providing shared access to network segments. Continuous verification proactively helps to maintain the network security posture. Devices frequently left unprotected can be placed into trust segments using Cradlepoint routers, and access is provided either through agent-based or agentless options.
What CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) solution is supported by Cradlepoint?
Cradlepoint SD WAN allows enterprises to service chain with third-party cloud-delivered security solutions. The company does not offer a CASB solution though its SD WAN enables access to solutions from third-party suppliers to provide a complete security ecosystem.
What SWG (Secure Web Gateway) solution is supported by Cradlepoint?
Cradlepoint supports service chaining with third-party cloud-delivered security solutions to assist in completing the security ecosystem. This can include using Cradlepoint SD WAN to provision access to advanced network security technologies such as Secure Web Gateways (SWGs) or Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs). The Cradlepoint NCX Service Gateway provides policy enforcement capabilities and the secure data plane for their Secure Connect solution and is the service delivery foundation for NCX. The solution enables Secure Connect to orchestrate networks from Cradlepoint routers in sites, remote workers, vehicles and IoT to digital resources in external sites, the data center and in the cloud. The NCX Service Gateway accommodates the engines that support Cradlepoint's SD WAN and security services capabilities at the network level. The gateway can be delivered in a hosted environment or on-premises and is provisioned to be deployable in cloud environments, for virtual infrastructure or downloaded onto a physical server. The NCX Service Gateway is managed similarly to other Cradlepoint solutions and is implemented via Cradlepoint NetCloud.
