Netskope Private Access Reviews

In general, Netskope has helped in securing the connections between our infrastructure, whether it's on-premises or in the cloud. It provides a frictionless experience for our users. Basically, there's no change in the user experience for our employees. So, it's a seamless deployment, which is a good thing. All the adjustments are happening on the back end. So, it really improves the connectivity of our devices and users, whether they are on-premises or in the cloud.

There are several valuable features, like advanced security protections, especially the DLP (Data Loss Protection), and there's also browser and web filtering, or content filtering for our users to protect them when accessing certain links or websites, ensuring their security and permission.

Netskope Private Access is generally used to migrate customers from legacy VPN solutions they are currently using. We approach them to migrate to us to meet compliance standards and have secure connectivity. 

Parallelly, it is used specifically for customers using VPNs, as Netskope Private Access provides outbound connectivity only. We acquire these customers who need this type of service.

There are five standout features in Netskope Private Access. First, it has a planned-out architecture, which means there is no inbound connectivity. All user checks, compliance, and security checks are done at the cloud level. There is no inbound connectivity to the network.  There is only outbound connectivity.

Second, when a user is provided with Netskope Private Access, they can only access the specific private access granted to them. They don't have the ability to move laterally, which eliminates the risk of unauthorized access. 

Third, unlike traditional VPNs that require high maintenance, Netskope Private Access only requires a simple VM that doesn't need much maintenance. There are no additional maintenance charges for that. 

Also, unlike other solutions that place VPN concentrators in the environment, Netskope is more cost-effective. The fourth is for the pricing standards of this solution. The support is aligned with standard pricing, whereas VPNs tend to increase pricing due to maintenance charges.

Lastly, when using a VPN, users are limited to a specific bandwidth. For example, if there is a total bandwidth of 50 Mbps, the VPN will divide that bandwidth among the users. In contrast, with Netskope Private Access, each user has their own internet visibility and can access their private apps without bandwidth limitations. This eliminates latency concerns when multiple users require higher bandwidth.

Our organization has deployed Netskope security agents on all devices to achieve both Internet security and private access. The primary objectives behind this deployment were to provide security and protection for remote users regardless of their location. The second goal was to grant them VPN access to internal company resources using laptops or smartphones.

We now have the ability to connect to any internal resources of the company everything is automatic due to the on-premise check. This was very appreciated by all users, unlike Microsoft VPN, where the connection must be done manually.

We have pretty complex use cases. Catering to a seamless end-user experience for accessing both external and internal applications—both private and public applications—with a consistent experience across on-premise and working-from-home environments. 

The solution provides a seamless experience for end-users to be able to access applications without having to perform actions on their side. Without having to fire up an Azure VPN or an F5 VPN, or anything like that, it just seamlessly works. And from a technical perspective, managing split tunnel configuration has been really good.

We use the product to provide secure access for remote desktop, Active Directory resources on-premises, DNS, and LDAP authentication.

We can apply the policy to the private app and then use it to control access. 

The main use case of private access was to address the limitations of traditional VPNs. In the VPN scenario, connecting involved a back-calling process. This meant that when users connected through the VPN, they gained access to a variety of resources, including internal ones, within the network.

So, in the VPN scenario, what was happening, the user would get back to the complete source. But in Netskope Private Access, the application will go to the user. There is an outbound connection. There is no inbound. Storage providers are also not there. It's the best feature because it is the replacement of the VPN.

Netskope needs to provide some kind of data protection strategy as well because, currently, if you connect through private access, we don't have any data protection policies or implementation. 

So, Netskope needs to be improved, along with the resources assessment. This should have some kind of data control. Like, if anyone is transferring the data from the internal server to another, then it should be monitored.

Netskope Private Access is a solution that helps you share all your web traffic. It applies policies and other measures in the Netskope data center and then routes the traffic to its original destination.

Netskope Private Access is a zero-trust network access solution. If I have a server in my internal organization and want to access that scope remotely, I can install the publisher agent on your internal server. When remote users attempt to access the server, their traffic is routed through the Netskope cloud platform. The publisher agent then authenticates the user and grants access to the server based on their permissions.