Pulse Secure announced that DLT Solutions,
the premier government solutions aggregator, has added the Pulse Secure suite
of hybrid IT Secure Access solutions to its cybersecurity portfolio. The partnership
will leverage DLT Solutions' extensive experience and partner network in the
public sector to bring Zero Trust access capabilities to state, local,
education, defense and intelligence agencies.
A Zero Trust
model authenticates, authorizes and verifies users, devices, applications and
resources to fortify access to federal networks and sensitive data. Beyond
leveraging existing authoritative identity sources and access ecosystems, it
encompasses: enforcing identity, device and security state before and during a
transaction; applying a least privilege access closest to the entities,
applications and data; extending intelligence to allow policies to adapt to
changing requirements and conditions; continuous resource segregation, and the
means for dynamic access gateway provisioning.
Federal organizations are being directed to sustain a
continuous, context-aware and responsive security agenda for endpoint and
access compliance. This places a greater burden on agencies to assess their
readiness capabilities to adhere to evolving NIST guidelines. Pulse Secure
helps meet these challenges with its comprehensive, integrated and highly
interoperable Secure Access solution portfolio for hybrid IT environments that
allows public sector organizations to realize operational efficiency while
progressing Zero Trust capabilities.
Pulse Secure's Access
solutions deliver situational intelligence, protected connectivity and threat
response while enabling optimized user experience. The approach streamlines
compliant access for end users and single-pane-of-glass management for
administrators. Organizations can centrally manage Zero Trust policy to secure
access to applications, data and services that are delivered on-premise or in
private and public cloud environments.
The company's Access Suite
comprises VPN and cloud access, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Single Sign-on
(SSO), endpoint and IoT device visibility, Software Defined Perimeter (SDP),
Network Access Control (NAC) and virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC)
solutions.
Specifically, Pulse
Secure helps government organizations:
- Comply with the growing number of NIST 800-53 Risk Management
Framework guidelines applicable to: network access control (NAC) and
remote access regulations
- Address adherence to 802.1x (IEEE) and Layer 2 Switch STIGs
- Support
Comply to Connect and Command Cyber Readiness initiatives
- Augment
current network and cloud access controls to align with Zero Trust
frameworks
- Centrally
manage an easy-to-use VPN and NAC/802.1x solution for wired, wireless and
remote connections with flexibility for physical, virtual and cloud
deployment
- Gain
extensive access insight with means to dynamically discover, classify,
segregate and monitor remote and internal endpoints and IoT devices
- Preserve
user experience and support a range of CAC/PIV smart cards and certificate
handling
"As federal organizations
take further advantage of hybrid IT, orchestrating remote and on-premise access
protection, endpoint compliance, IoT security and application resiliency
becomes more challenging to orchestrate for our public sector clients," said
Justin Barney, chief revenue officer for Pulse Secure. "We are excited to have
DLT Solutions as a partner to help us expand our federal market footprint and
make is easier for agencies to acquire our industry-leading Secure Access
solutions."
"Government organizations are advancing IT
delivery and capacity while seeking to incorporate Zero Trust controls to better
defend their missions against cyber threats and to comply with evolving
compliance mandates," said Chris Wilkinson, senior vice president of sales for
DLT. "Pulse Secure-a proven leader with a Secure Access focus and an
established presence in government-will be enthusiastically welcomed by our
customers and partners."