You Need More than Basic Cloud Security: Introducing Aviatrix’s Cloud Perimeter Security Solution

September 27, 2024 in cloud security, use case By Nathan Pearce

When you move your operations to the cloud, everything changes, especially security. Network security teams who used locks, keys, and traditional firewalls to secure on-premises environments find themselves safeguarding a borderless cloud world where attacks can come from all angles and designs become complex and costly.

Security teams also find that moving to the cloud means relying on cloud service providers’ offerings for security, visibility, and troubleshooting. Unfortunately, these native solutions offer only basic security and limited visibility, and they are expensive.

To solve this challenge, Aviatrix designed a Cloud Perimeter Security solution to help companies who need to safeguard their data, ensure regulatory compliance, and keep customer trust, all while avoiding outrageous costs. This enterprise-grade solution embeds security into the fabric of your network while lowering your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Read on to learn why provider-native solutions are not enough and how Cloud Perimeter Security meets your company’s needs.

The Challenges with Provider-Native Solutions

Cloud providers offer default security solutions and NAT gateways to protect your network. While these native solutions can help, they come with a slew of challenges, including weak security, limited visibility and control, compliance challenges, and high costs.

1. Weak Security – The greatest challenge with cloud provider security is that it lacks robust features. Many basic gateways do not support deep packet inspection or advanced filtering, making the network more susceptible to attacks and malicious traffic.
2. Limited Visibility and Control – Visibility and control are often limited in provider-native solutions. The basic logging and monitoring features don’t provide deep insights into traffic patterns, and the limited customization options can complicate troubleshooting and extend resolution times.
3. Compliance Challenges – Meeting regulatory requirements is another major hurdle. Incomplete logging can make it difficult to maintain the necessary audit records, and the limited security controls may not meet the standards required for compliance. Integrating additional security tools to fill these gaps can further increase operational complexity.
4. High Costs – Provider-native NAT Gateways typically come with a dual pricing model. You get charged both for the time the gateway is active and the amount of data processed through it. When dealing with high volumes of data transfer, these costs can quickly spiral out of control.

How Aviatrix’s Cloud Perimeter Security Solution Helps

The Cloud Perimeter Security solution by Aviatrix helps you safeguard your data in a borderless cloud world through enhanced security, improved insight and control, compliance support, and lower costs.

1. Enhanced Security – Our solution incorporates robust security tools including outbound traffic controls, URL filtering, threat detection, and geo-blocking, significantly reducing cyber risk exposure.
2. Improved Insight and Control – When it comes to improving Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and Mean Time to Detect (MTTD), the Aviatrix CoPilot platform offers deep insights into traffic, gateway health, and real-time analytics. These features enable your team to identify issues and resolve them more quickly, saving time, overhead, and frustration.
3. Compliance Support – Aviatrix’s Cloud Perimeter Security is built to meet strict regulatory requirements like GDPR, SOX, and HIPAA, simplifying the journey towards Zero Trust adoption and supporting corporate compliance.
4. Lower Costs – Aviatrix simplifies costs with a flat-rate billing model, eliminating throughput-based expenses. This can go a long way in helping businesses manage their cloud egress expenses effectively. On average, Aviatrix Secure Egress Gateways save customers 25% in comparison to a native NAT gateway.

You don’t have to triple your budget, wear out your security team’s time and energy, or risk breaches with your cloud security. The Aviatrix Cloud Perimeter Security solution offers a cost-effective, secure, and compliant network architecture that easily surpasses provider-native offerings and empowers your business to grow with confidence.

Learn more about this solution here.