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Zero Trust Secure Access Transformation

Zero Trust Secure Access Transformation

Scaling Global Remote Access with High-Performance ZTNA Architecture

Leading Global Telecom Company | Telecommunications

The Challenge

With the rapid shift to remote work, a leading global telecommunications provider faced a critical challenge with their solution to extend it further for remote enterprise workfoce. Furthermore, the business lacked granular, context-aware access controls, leaving them unable to enforce application-level policies or verify device posture across the remote locations.

Our Solution

We designed and implemented a modern Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) platform that prioritized both high-velocity performance and rigorous security. By replacing the legacy gateway with a software-defined perimeter, we delivered:

  • High-Performance Encrypted Tunneling: Leveraged the WireGuard protocol to provide elite-level encryption with significantly lower overhead than legacy VPNs, ensuring a seamless user experience for the global workforce.
  • Context-Aware Policy Engine: Engineered a real-time decision engine that integrates with the client’s existing identity and access management (IAM) infrastructure to enforce policies based on user context and location.
  • Distributed 'Local Breakout' Architecture: Eliminated performance bottlenecks by implementing selective local breakout for trusted cloud services, drastically reducing latency while maintaining centralized security oversight.
  • Granular Application Governance: Shifted security from the network level to the application level, providing the IT operations with total visibility and control over specific internal resources.

Results & Impact

60%

Performance Improvement

Over legacy VPN

99.95%

Service Availability

Enterprise SLA achieved

70%

Reduced Gateway Load

Through split tunneling

Key Outcomes

  • By moving from a perimeter-based model to a Zero Trust architecture, we enabled the client to scale their remote operations without compromising speed. The transition resulted in a measurable reduction in latency and a significantly hardened security posture. Most importantly, the solution provided a unified user experience, eliminating the performance gap between remote and on-site connectivity and ensuring that 10,000+ global employees remained productive from any location.

Insights for different stakeholders

For CISOs & IT Leadership

  • Modern Zero Trust architecture replacing legacy VPN
  • Context-aware policies enforcing least-privilege access
  • Comprehensive audit trails for compliance and forensics

For Network & Security Engineers

  • SSO and LDAP integration with existing identity infrastructure
  • Selective local breakout for optimized cloud application access
  • Cross-platform agent supporting Windows, macOS, Linux, mobile

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