Aviatrix Blog 
Hybrid environments are becoming an increasingly popular option for organizations who want networking flexibility: the ease and flexibility of the public cloud as well as the privacy and control of private clouds. However, hybrid clouds can be difficult to secure and optimize. Connecting multiple accounts across clouds, locations, and services can create significant challenges, including gaps in security, performance issues, and cost overruns.
To empower organizations to secure their data, maximize performance, and optimize costs, Aviatrix® is expanding its partnership with a leading Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) provider, Megaport, to combine our strengths in networking and security.
Through this partnership, Aviatrix will bring its High-Performance Encryption (HPE) capabilities to Megaport’s global private network—spanning over 700 data centers—enabling customers to securely connect multicloud and hybrid environments with high performance and end-to-end visibility.
How it Works: Integrating to Provide a Simplified, Cloud-Like Experience
This integrated service offering allows you to spin up Aviatrix services across 25+ countries on Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE). Megaport’s Network Function virtualization is the underlay providing on-demand networking that integrates seamlessly with Aviatrix’s cloud networking software for a simplified, cloud-like experience.
In simple terms, this partnership gives Megaport the same support as any of the major cloud providers on the Aviatrix platform, so you can deploy Aviatrix Transit Edge or Spoke Edge Gateways that support MVE in all Megaport-enabled locations.
Comprehensive Security Across Clouds and Locations
One of the key security challenges in hybrid networks is fragmented ownership—when no single party controls both ends of the connection, implementing true end-to-end encryption becomes complex and often unreliable. Many organizations also neglect egress security, enabling threat actors who have slipped into the network to exfiltrate data to potentially sell or hold for ransom.
Recent security incidents like the Salt Typhoon APT campaign and the Medusa ransomware attacks show that the risks to enterprise networks are very real and very expensive. Data encryption is essential, but organizations often find themselves choosing between MACsec, which exposes data at router hops, and IPsec, which is more secure but less performant.
Organizations also need to meet compliance requirements with comprehensive security policies and records. Enforcing those policies consistently across a hybrid network can tax networking teams’ time and energy.
Aviatrix’s expanded partnership with Megaport offers robust security and compliance support through:
- Line-rate encrypted, Layer 2 connectivity from cloud to cloud and datacenter to cloud
- Enabled through Aviatrix’s patented IPSec technology that parallelizes traffic across multiple IPSec tunnels and processor cores, with throughput capabilities of 100+ Gbps depending on deployment
- Comprehensive visibility, including special features for threat and anomaly detection
- Rapid failure detection and path remediation via Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- Fine-grained traffic engineering and route control using BGP Communities
- Centralized policy enforcement and network segmentation based on zero trust principles
- Secure onboarding of partners and remote sites through Aviatrix VPN solution for simplified and seamless VPN connectivity via Megaport fabric
- Addressing overlapping IP challenges using NAT (network address translation)
“In today’s threat environment, encryption isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity – and hardware-based approaches simply can’t keep pace,” said Doug Merritt, Aviatrix CEO. “Aviatrix and Megaport are redefining secure hybrid cloud connectivity by extending the cloud operational model to the edge with a software-based approach. We deliver enterprise-grade security, network visibility, and operational control – simplifying deployments and allowing our customers to operate with confidence, knowing they have the most advanced, scalable, and resilient network protection available without waiting for hardware.”
High Performance and Increased Uptime
Troubleshooting latency and avoiding downtime are difficult when your hybrid network is pieced together using components from different cloud providers, all of which have different structures and hierarchies. A hybrid network must also accommodate the intricacies of private clouds. Disjointed networks are time-consuming and exhausting to manage.
Aviatrix and Megaport’s partnership helps you optimize performance in diverse hybrid environments with:
- High-performance encryption that maximizes security and speed
- Rapid deployment of network services in less than 60 seconds to hundreds of cloud, SaaS, and service providers
- Resilient architecture with Aviatrix and Megaport joint solutions, with redundant paths and low latency network
- On-demand provisioning of the network services with automation via single Terraform providers across hybrid and multicloud networks
- Deep visibility and troubleshooting capabilities that reduce mean time to resolution (MMTR) for performance issues
Cost Savings and Visibility
High egress and data transfer fees are problematic even for organizations that use just one cloud provider. In a hybrid or multicloud environment, the uncertainty and potential of cost overruns increases because you are being billed by multiple providers for a variety of accounts and gateways – often with poor visibility into where you are spending the most.
The Aviatrix and Megaport partnership helps you manage hybrid cloud costs through:
- Simplified network management that saves significant overhead costs
- Automation of manual processes that could lead to expensive errors
- Visibility and billing clarity across cloud providers, third-party services, accounts, and gateways
Schedule a demo to learn more about security, performance, and cost wins you can achieve with Aviatrix.
Explore Aviatrix and Megaport’s solutions:
- Aviatrix is a proud sponsor of Megaport World 2025, starting in Australia/New Zealand/APAC and onward to North America July 2025.
- Learn more about Aviatrix and Megaport’s partnership.
- Check out our Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) course on Mastering the Hybrid Cloud.