Discover Zero Trust SD-WAN

SD-WAN connects branches, sites, and data centers in a flexible and advanced way. But todayโ€™s networks require Zero Trust controls to secure all communicationsโ€”even between internal users and applications. Zero Trust SD-WAN brings a new level of control and security to every connection.

Enforce Zero Trust Across Your Internal Networks

Zero Trust SD-WAN Networks - Teldat

Teldatโ€™s SD-WAN secures access to cloud and private data center apps from any location. With built-in ZTNA and a Zero Trust approach, it enforces consistent, granular policies for every user and deviceโ€”no matter where they connect from. Zero Trust SD-WAN is ideal for managing closed devices:

 

  • Applies Zero Trust principles to SD-WAN environments
  • Enforces consistent policies for all users, everywhere
  • Isolates users and devices with identity-based segmentation
  • Integrates threat prevention across all traffic flows
  • Secures IoT devices with Zero Trust access

Zero Trust SD-WAN Access at a Glance

The SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) market is growing rapidly as companies increasingly depend on cloud connectivity and require flexible, secure, and efficient networks.

SD-WAN offers numerous advantages, such as optimizing traffic across multiple WAN links, improving access to key applications, and enabling centralized management. Teldatโ€™s SD-WAN can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise in customer datacenters, and its overlay model simplifies control and configuration by abstracting the underlying infrastructure.ย 

Flexibility is another key benefitโ€”such as the scalability to add new sites in just a few clicks. It also seamlessly supports both traditional MPLS connections and rapidly growing access technologies like FTTH and 5G.

Security is equally critical in SD-WAN networksโ€”integrating advanced traffic protection features is no longer a choice. Integrated protections like firewalls, IDS/IPS, anti-malware, and sandboxing must be implemented to keep threats out. In addition, fine-grained access control is required to ensure users only reach what theyโ€™re authorized toโ€”nothing more.

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What are the important points related to Zero Trust SD-WAN?

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Simple Authentication and Access Control

Supports user access from any location with a hybrid architecture and Active Directory integration. Enables granular access policies for applications and services.

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Unified Management Console

Through a single console, Teldat customers apply consistent policies and manage both their SD-WAN network and integrated security features from one centralized interface.

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Advanced Monitoring and Detection

Teldatโ€™s be.Safe XDR offers a full dashboard for administrators, showing user activity, access behavior, and communication statusโ€”alongside real-time threat detection.

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Threat Protection

As cyber threats evolve, Teldat integrates threat prevention and DLP to detect suspicious behavior, known attacks on internal systems, and potential data leaks.

Understanding and Extending Zero Trust to SD-WAN

Combining SD-WAN with Zero Trust strengthens both security and business connectivity. While SD-WAN enhances network performance, Zero Trust removes implicit trust by continuously verifying every user, device, and application before granting access. This ongoing verification reduces the risk of unauthorized access and protects critical applications across distributed environments.

A key pillar of Zero Trust in SD-WAN is the principle of least privilege: users are granted access only to the resources they need. Micro-segmentation divides the network into secure zones, limiting lateral movement and containing threats in the event of a breach. SD-WAN also encrypts traffic with protocols like IPsec, ensuring data is protected in transit and minimizing the risk of malicious interception.

Visibility and continuous monitoring are also essential. Zero Trust SD-WAN leverages advanced tools such as real-time traffic analysis, behavior analytics, and anomaly detection to uncover suspicious activity.

With integrated ZTNA, unified access policies are applied consistently to both internal and remote users. This enables a proactive security approach and supports hybrid and multi-cloud environmentsโ€”delivering secure, agile, and resilient connectivity in the face of todayโ€™s cybersecurity challenges.

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Zero Trust SD-WAN Solutions and Teldat Products

Context

Zero Trust SD-WAN is essential for companies looking to strengthen security across distributed networks, minimize risk, and gain better traffic control. SD-WAN improves connectivity between branches offices, data centers, and cloud services, while delivering strong protection against advanced threats.

Zero Trust complements SD-WAN by eliminating implicit trust and reducing the attack surface. In traditional networks, compromising a single point can allow attackers to move laterally without restriction. Zero Trust addresses this with micro-segmentationโ€”restricting access to only the necessary resources and blocking unauthorized movement within the network.

Teldatโ€™s Zero Trust SD-WAN delivers the internal segmentation and advanced security todayโ€™s networks demand. With integrated ZTNA for remote users, it enables unified, simplified access policy management across the entire platform. Customers can build their WAN using a secure overlay that interconnects remote sites with data center or cloud servicesโ€”all within Teldatโ€™s be.Safe and SD-WAN suite.

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Zero Trust SD-WAN Architecture

Teldat deploys a hybrid architecture built around a Broker, which serves as the central SD-WAN hub. It receives encrypted tunnel connections from branch offices and remote users, and itโ€™s where authentication, device compliance checks, and granular access policies are enforced.

Zero Trust connectors are deployed close to applicationsโ€”whether in data centers or public cloud environments. Customers can install as many connectors as needed to match their networkโ€™s scale. Available as physical or virtual appliances, these connectors run Teldatโ€™s hardened operating system and include built-in threat inspection features.

Remote users connect via an agent installed on their device, while on-site users are authenticated through seamless Active Directory integration. Other endpoints, such as IoT devices, are managed using granular access policies and identified by IP or MAC address, especially when integrated with NAC systems.

Polities and Advanced Features of Zero Trust SD-WAN

Once the components are deployed and users have the agent installed on their devices, applications can be registered by host, URL, IP address, or port. Combined with directory-based authorizations, this enables the creation of specific, profile-based access policies tailored to each userโ€”regardless of their location.

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Advanced Security Features

Alongside the be.Safe Pro product suite, Teldat offers a wide range of advanced security capabilities. Administrators can easily apply threat prevention profiles to any traffic flowโ€”whether directed toward internal applications or the Internetโ€”ensuring consistent protection across the entire platform. Additional features include URL filtering and application control.

IoT devices are secured without the need for an installed agent. Since they connect via Teldatโ€™s physical appliances through encrypted tunnels to the SD-WAN service, their origin can be identified and visibility and control policies can still be enforced.

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Zero Trust SD-WAN Use Cases

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SMBs in SD-WAN Environments

Small and medium-sized businesses are adopting SD-WAN to securely connect users to their applications and services.

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Application Control and Visibility

Enforce stricter policies to limit and isolate access from remote ATMs to internal applicationsโ€”preventing lateral movement across the network.

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Internal and External User Access

Companies with remote branches and a high number of external users need consistent access policies for all applications.

SMBs in SD-WAN Environments

Small and medium-sized businesses are adopting SD-WAN to securely connect users to their applications and services.

Challenge

SMBs often rely on internal applications hosted on servers located at a single office or shared data center. Many also operate remote branches or stores that require different types of access. SD-WAN provides greater flexibility and reduced connectivity costsโ€”but it also calls for more granular access policies to ensure proper security.

Solution

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Teldatโ€™s security solutions allow remote users to connect from branch offices or external locations. With a Zero Trust approach, customized access policies can be applied per user or user group, ensuring each user only receives the permissions they truly need.

This guarantees access confidentiality and full control across the networkโ€”aligned with the core principles of Zero Trust.

Why Teldat?

Teldat offers robust, flexible security solutions with intuitive interfaces that make it easy to manage access and connection policiesโ€”even for non-technical users. Zero Trust policies can be quickly and easily implemented through Teldatโ€™s Zero Trust SD-WAN.

Financial institution increases control and visibility over application access

Enforce stricter policies to limit and isolate access from remote ATMs to internal applicationsโ€”preventing lateral movement across the network.

Challenge

This organization uses MPLS connections to link branch offices and remote ATMs but does not apply access permissions based on device type. It also lacks network visibility tools to monitor usage or identify where these devices are connecting.

Solution

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Teldatโ€™s security solutions enable granular access control to all corporate applicationsโ€”whether hosted in data centers or the cloudโ€”through seamless ZTNA integration. Administrators can define which applications are accessible from branches, ATMs, or mobile devices.

With integrated visibility tools, you can monitor who is accessing which resources and from where. This helps detect policy violations or unusual activity from potentially compromised devices and supports ongoing refinement of access policies.

Why Teldat?

Teldatโ€™s Zero Trust SD-WAN and be.Safe XDR solutions combine secure, granular access with customizable dashboards for clear traffic visualization. The platform is hardware-agnostic and supports any device that meets tunneling and flow-reporting standards.

Internal and External User Access

Company looking to seamlessly integrate external and internal user access.

Challenge

Segmenting internal networks to control resource access is already complexโ€”and it becomes even more challenging when remote users and third-party providers are involved. Some users must be restricted from accessing resources outside their department and should only reach what is specifically assigned to them, whether they connect from home or the office. Thereโ€™s also a risk that a compromised vendor device could trigger a broader breach through lateral movement.

Solution

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With SD-WAN and ZTNA solutions, networks can be fully segmented, and access can be controlled based on user or device identity. Administrators can apply consistent traffic policiesโ€”across data centers and cloud servicesโ€”through a single, centralized graphical interface.

Thanks to micro-segmentation, if a device is compromised, the threat is contained within that segment and cannot spread across the wider network or reach central servers.

Why Teldat?

Teldatโ€™s Zero Trust SD-WAN and ZTNA solutions offer secure, segmented access with intuitive interfaces and centralized policy management. Advanced security features are easy to deploy, helping ensure users and devices are isolated and can only access what theyโ€™re authorized toโ€”regardless of where they connect from.

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