#1 most frequent
United States of America
87.5%14 installations of 16
What is Appgate SDP?
AppGate SDP (software-defined perimeter) from Cyxtera Technologies headquartered in Addison is a zero trust network security product.
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Who Buys & Uses Appgate SDP
#2 most frequent
Finland
6.3%1 installation of 16
#3 most frequent
South Africa
6.3%1 installation of 16
AppGate cured our COVID-19 remote worker issues!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Appgate as a VPN and access control for our remote workers. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck and we had to transition to a 100% WFH policy, we suddenly realized that our existing VPN solution wasn't working. It was manually managed, had very little in the way of access control or access restrictions, and the client on Windows based computers was unstable at best. The head point of the existing VPN system was also located at the office rather than the datacenter and this resulted in extended outages for employees if there was a power outage at the office or the internet circuit at the office was out.
Pros
- Super granular access control that can be set up easily.
- Fault tolerance. The system lets you set up several redundant controllers as well as multiple redundant and load balanced gateways.
- Excellent audit trails and logging.
Cons
- Live logging in the client. Currently you have to "download" the logs into a zip file and then open that zipfile to look at the logs. There's no logfile to tail or watch.
- Load balancing between controllers could be better. Currently relies on round robin DNS and sometimes a browser will pick a different IP than previous and you'll get a big "LOST CONNECTION TO CONTROLLER" message.
Most Important Features
- Ease of administration. The control GUI is simple and intuitive.
- Support has been excellent. Every issue I've had has been handled quickly.
- Ease of installation. I had a basic system up and running in an hour, including the time needed to download the appliance ISO and push it to our VM hosts.
Return on Investment
- It freed up IT personnel time. No longer did they have to manually create the account on the VPN endpoint and manually install the client or create VPN profiles on the employees computer.
Alternatives Considered
Fortinet FortiGate
AppGate works good for SDP
Pros
- Software-Defined perimeter
- Hide resources to non-authorized/authenticated users.
Cons
- Scalability - If there are too many resources per user, the solution cannot be utilized (upwards of 5K per user).
- It could be more dynamic, like how it stores user ACLs.
Return on Investment
- We are achieving our goals with this tool by hiding resources behind it.
- It is a new model that requires a different thought process for many in network operations.
Other Software Used
Okta Workforce Identity, ExtraHop Reveal(x)
