VPN Alternative for Secure Hybrid-Cloud Access

Management Complexity

No centralized way to secure IaaS, on-prem, and SaaS applications specially if these applications can move across clouds.
Complex network-level policies to segment access, which have to be constantly updated to match dynamic user and application environments

Massive Security Gap

As VPNs are an ‘All or Nothing’ access solution, once access is granted via VPN, there is full access to the entirety of corporate resources. Malicious actors can now move laterally across the corporate ecosystem as VPNs provide broad access
One-time authorization approach makes it difficult to detect ‘abnormal’ activity or behavior

Poor Performance & Scale

Due to complexity in deployment, users experience performance delays and in many cases are often unable to access the applications due to VPN connectivity issues
VPNs are very expensive to acquire, maintain and upgrade

THE VPN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION: BANYAN’S Secure hybrid cloud access

Banyan offers the most seamless secure remote access solution for your Hybid cloud environment. As opposed to VPNs which are very in-flexible, complex to deploy and provide poor security, the VPN1 Banyan Zero Trust Remote Access platform delivers the most comprehensive solution that scales to your hybrid cloud demands. Designed to give you the highest security posture by offering deployment flexibility for any IaaS and on-premises environment, Banyan enables enterprises to own their data plane while offering simple management.

The Banyan remote access solution is comprised of three core components that together deliver a complete Zero Trust Remote Access solution.

First, we offer Trust Scoring capability for quantification of device and user and contextual factors.

Next, we provide continuous authorization of access via our Cloud Command Center which is powered by Machine Learning engine.

And finally we offer real-time access enforcement based on the principal of least privilege.

Improved Security Posture

Own your data plane and offer differentiated access to based on user, device, and other relevant attributes
Integrate with your existing PKI infrastructure / CAs to completely control the confidentiality and privacy of your data

Massive Management Simplicity

Homogeneous experience whether servers are deployed in IaaS, or On-Premises
Simplified experience whether IaaS, on-prem, or SaaS applications using our as-a-service Banyan offering

Seamless & Fast User Experience

Direct access to servers deployed on private clouds or Infrastructure as a Service
Supports general TCP protocols like MYSQL

the banyan approach

As enterprises increasingly move to hybrid or multi cloud environments, only Banyan offers a single platform to address the challenges of secure remote access for this ecosystem. The platform extends across on-premises to public cloud ecosystems enabling true management simplicity while offering the highest level of security posture.

VPN2

The figure above shows in Steps 1-4 that access control checks are performed out of band to create a quantified trust score-based access paradigm matching with predefined least privilege access policies.

Step 3 is an example of an integration with tools like SSO and MDM to ensure that existing tools can be leveraged to generate a trust score.

Step 5 shows that access is granted, and the data path is direct to the application across clouds seamlessly.

Key Features for Hybrid Cloud Environments

Integrate with your cloud infrastructure in AWS, Azure, GCP, or VMware and leverage their auto-scaling load balancers, DDoS protection systems
Write human-readable policies for differentiated access leveraging easy-to-use templates. Underneath the hood, we use a hybrid RBAC/ABAC system that allows you to write highly custom policies, if needed
Passwordless access to application/servers