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Zero-Trust Network Access by User, Device and Destination

Access decided by user, device, group and destination, with separate segments for staff, administrators, vendors and servers, over the internet.

One private network, over the internet

Access architecture: remote users, branches and cloud workloads dial out to one private overlay, ControlIT Secure Access. Private traffic reaches Active Directory and internal applications directly. Internet traffic leaves through ControlIT Web Gateway, where policy allows it out to the internet or stops it at the gateway.

What this actually does

Access follows the request, not the subnet: who is asking, from what device, to which destination, under which policy.

  • Every connection is decided by user, device, group and destination, rather than by which network segment the connection landed on.

  • Separate segments for staff, administrators, vendors and servers, so a vendor account cannot reach an administrator path by accident.

  • Application Access limits staff and vendors to the applications they are approved for, such as ERP, file servers, RDP, SSH and intranet apps.

  • Centralised policy management, so a rule written once applies everywhere the same user or group connects from.

What changes as a result

  • Narrower access than a VPN that lands a user on a whole subnet
  • Vendors limited to the one application they need
  • One policy model instead of a rule per site or per firewall

Design zero-trust access for your estate

Bring us your directory, your remote access and your sites. We will map what the overlay changes before anyone signs anything.