Making Sense of a Quickly Evolving ZTNA Market

ZTNA is a good example of a technology that benefited from a perfect storm of multiple market conditions. While the security deficiencies of VPNs had been known for years, the overnight shift to remote work during the pandemic cast a spotlight on the scalability inadequacies as well. By providing stronger security and flexibility through the cloud, ZTNA offered organizations a VPN alternative that had not been available before.

Fast forward to today, and the ZTNA market is quickly evolving and the number of vendors offering ZTNA capabilities is continually increasing. ZTNA also addresses a much broader set of use cases than VPN replacement for remote work: secure access for users on-campus, third-party access and BYOD, privileged users, active threats, and overall security transformation are all examples where ZTNA can significantly move the needle. But only if the solution has the right capabilities.