Pulse Secure Adds Software-Defined Perimeter, Protects Hybrid IT

Pulse Secure added software-defined perimeter technology to its portfolio, which puts zero-trust on-premises and multi-cloud security under a single umbrella. Software-defined perimeters use a “verification before trust” strategy that demands and assesses the security status of an entity requesting access to applications or data. “The vast majority of IT environments are both data center and cloud, which will require organizations to utilize perimeter-based VPNs [virtual private networks] and SDP [software-defined perimeter] architectures that support zero-trust tenets,” said Scott Gordon, Pulse Secure’s chief marketing officer. The new Pulse SDP technology adds eight security elements to the vendor’s Secure Access Suite: dual-mode VPN and SDP architectures; multi factor authentication and authorization options; uniform policy management; granular and stateful access enforcement; enhanced access option; separate data and control planes; deployment flexibility; and reduced cost of ownership.