By America Garcia - Product Marketing Manager, Skyhigh Security
June 6, 2024 3 Minute Read
The telecommunications industry provides vital services that we all rely on a daily basis. Disruptions resulting from cyberattacks can have far-reaching and potentially serious consequences for everyone—from individual consumers to governments and large enterprises. As organizations in this sector evolve and adopt the latest technology innovations, protecting the vast repositories of sensitive data they hold and ensuring continuity of service becomes more critical than ever before. Faced with mounting cyber threats and increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, telecommunications companies are looking for reliable and robust security solutions to minimize the risk of unauthorized access and potential data breaches.
A U.S. telecommunications company that provides high-speed internet access across phones and television to urban and rural areas was looking to overcome the shortfalls of its traditional VPNs. The existing VPN infrastructure consisting of costly, high-maintenance appliances could not scale quickly enough to support the company’s distributed hybrid workforce. The company’s objectives were to provide its employees with a secure, consistent, and seamless experience when connecting to private applications and prevent lateral movement of threats and loss of sensitive data.
The company articulated two key areas of concern associated with its traditional VPNs:
As an alternative to traditional VPN, the telecommunications company adopted Skyhigh Private Access, part of the unified Skyhigh Cloud Platform that integrates multiple innovative security technologies, all managed from a single, converged management console. Skyhigh Private Access uniquely provides comprehensive protection for data and private applications. With Skyhigh Private Access, users can now securely access private applications hosted in data centers and the cloud—regardless of where they work—based on the Zero Trust principle of “never trust, always verify.” The solution offers infinite cloud capacity at scale, provides 99.999% uptime, reduces network latency, and improves performance while protecting data at rest and in motion across private applications.
Thanks to Skyhigh Private Access, this telecommunications customer has been able to address vulnerabilities, safeguard data and applications, and provide high-performance, seamless, and secure application connectivity for its workforce. It is now well-positioned for future growth and success in this ever-changing and dynamic industry sector.
To learn more about how Skyhigh Private Access secures access for remote and hybrid users to private applications from any device, anywhere, without restricting user collaboration, read the solution brief.
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