Source: VPNs Under Siege: Why You Need Zero Trust Access in 2025
Netskope One Private Access goes beyond basic remote access, delivering a full replacement for VPNs and an alternative to NAC. It provides a unified, intelligent solution for secure access to any private app, from any user or device, anywhere. With context-aware controls and real-time enforcement, it reduces risk, boosts performance, and gives IT the agility to support today’s hybrid, cloud-first world.
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Eliminate implicit trust and lateral movement with Netskope’s Zero Trust Engine, enforcing context-aware, least-privilege access to private apps
Connect users directly to private apps in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud via the NewEdge Network, with 80+ global data centers for low-latency access and simplified operations
Cut VPN investment, refresh cycles, and ongoing management costs, and shift to a cloud-first security model that supports all apps, including legacy voice and video.
Ensure private apps are never exposed to the internet. Enhanced with native IPS, threat scanning, and DLP, protecting data and unmanaged devices, with no additional overhead.
Users gain instant, high-performance access to all apps across clouds and data centers, with a single client, removing the hassles and delays of legacy VPN/NAC.
Gain real-time, end-to-end insights into private app performance with Netskope One Digital Experience Management (DEM), reducing MTTR and ensuring secure, high-performance access.
Eliminate implicit trust and lateral movement with Netskope’s Zero Trust Engine, enforcing context-aware, least-privilege access to private apps
Connect users directly to private apps in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud via the NewEdge Network, with 80+ global data centers for low-latency access and simplified operations
Cut VPN investment, refresh cycles, and ongoing management costs, and shift to a cloud-first security model that supports all apps, including legacy voice and video.
Ensure private apps are never exposed to the internet. Enhanced with native IPS, threat scanning, and DLP, protecting data and unmanaged devices, with no additional overhead.
Users gain instant, high-performance access to all apps across clouds and data centers, with a single client, removing the hassles and delays of legacy VPN/NAC.
Gain real-time, end-to-end insights into private app performance with Netskope One Digital Experience Management (DEM), reducing MTTR and ensuring secure, high-performance access.
We can quickly onboard and drive value from acquisitions without impacting our security posture, while securing access anywhere, to anything, and at any time.
From delivering unbeatable security and control to enabling us to operate a variety of technologies as a cohesive system, Netskope is an important part of our journey to ZTNA.
Netskope has given us an easy-to-deploy, centralized cloud platform to retire legacy environments that ran VPNs with direct connections.
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Experience how easy it is to replace legacy VPNs and connect users to private apps anywhere—with one platform, one policy engine, and zero trust built in.
VPNs are increasingly a liability; over half of organizations faced VPN-related breaches last year. Beyond security risks, they slow performance and add complexity. Modern approaches like Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) deliver stronger security, simpler operations, and better user experiences.
Explore how to secure private app access with Netskope One Private Access. This guide outlines how the solution works, its key components, ideal use cases, and the advantages over remote access VPNs—helping you accelerate zero trust adoption.
Netskope One Private Access delivers zero trust network access (ZTNA) to private applications, providing secure, direct connectivity for users while reducing attack surface and simplifying operations.
Legacy VPNs were designed for an era when applications and employees lived inside a physical perimeter. Today, they create a massive attack surface. According to Netskope’s VPNs Under Siege report, 56% of organizations experienced at least one VPN-related security breach in the past year. Because VPNs grant implicit trust and wide network access upon a single login, compromised credentials give attackers a free pass to move laterally across your entire infrastructure.
Instead of connecting users to the network segment, Netskope One Private Access uses application-level microsegmentation. Powered by the Zero Trust Engine, it binds the user strictly to the specific applications they are authorized to see—making the rest of the network completely invisible. Access is constantly evaluated based on changing risk signals (like device health or location), meaning trust is never static.
Yes. Unlike basic remote access tools, this platform scales to serve as a complete alternative to Network Access Control (NAC) for on-campus and hybrid environments. By applying the exact same identity- and risk-based access controls to remote workers, on-prem employees, and unmanaged IoT/OT devices, it eliminates the need for standalone NAC servers and removes policy drift.
Managing third-party contractors or merging networks during M&A is incredibly complex with traditional VPNs. Netskope One Private Access allows for scoped, secure application-level connectivity between organizations without needing full network integrations or complex, multi-tunnel configurations. Contractors and BYOD users can gain access to specific applications safely without needing to install a full client or undergo MDM enrollment.
Migration does not require a risky “big bang” cutover. Netskope includes an intelligent AI Copilot that watches existing traffic patterns to automatically discover private applications and safely suggest least-privilege policies. You can transition apps and user groups incrementally without disruption. To experience the difference firsthand, Netskope offers a turnkey 14-day free test drive with no software downloads required.
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