With a fixed price per user regardless of how many network resources the user needs to access, an SDP
solution with a cloud-native infrastructure can quickly, easily, and affordably scale up to millions of
concurrent users leveraging a backbone of global PoPs. There’s no need to sink additional funds into
larger appliances each time new connections are added.
5 – Greater Flexibility at a Lower Cost
While VPNs do offer the flexibility of connect multiple sites, datacenters, and virtual private clouds (VPCs),
adding entities drives up costs due to the need for more powerful appliances and additional licenses.
Additionally, the expense and management complexity that increases along with each additional piece
of infrastructure rapidly pushes the VPN outside of budgetary limits. Unless your enterprise is a large one
with deep pockets and a sizable IT department and budget to match, users are likely to find these
connection options more time and financial resource intensive.
An SDP cloud platform will typically not charge by the number of data centers or sites added, but rather
by number of users connected, which results in lower total costs.
Taking the Next Step
Transitioning from VPNs to a software defined perimeter solution does not require a complete overhaul
of your IT infrastructure. In fact, it does not require any overhaul at all.
Next generation SDPs let you adopt Google’s BeyondCorp approach of a software defined perimeter
without changing any of your network infrastructure or applications. You can provide remote/mobile
employees, partners, contractors and customers with convenient, granular access to specific web or
legacy applications - with tighter security, and without the need for a conventional VPN.
About the Author
Etay Bogner is the CEO and co-founder of Meta Networks, a technology
leader focused on helping organizations rapidly provide secure remote
access for employees, contractors and partners to corporate applications
and the internet.