REDPro ZTX, an open, extendable, multi-level Zero Trust security platform for advanced cross-platform cyber defense from Raytheon Intelligence & Space, was recently named an Enterprise Security Tech Cyber Top Innovations Award Winner. The Cyber Top Innovations Awards recognize the very best cybersecurity solutions that are bringing the most innovation to their respective market categories.
We sat down with John DeSimone, President of Cybersecurity, Intelligence & Services at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, to learn more about REDPro ZTX and how it's helping organizations overcome the challenges of implementing a Zero Trust cybersecurity architecture. What problem was REDPro ZTX designed to solve?
One of the challenges of implementing a Zero Trust cybersecurity architecture is a valid concern organizations have around abandoning previous IT security or cybersecurity investments, and the challenges of navigating multiple third-party vendors who address some, but not all, levels of Zero Trust. With that in mind, we created an open, extendable, multi-level Zero Trust security platform for advanced cross-platform cyber defense, deployable at the edge, on premises and in multi-cloud environments. It’s designed to address multi-vendor integration and interoperability challenges and help organizations of any size jumpstart or accelerate their adoption of Zero Trust security while lowering their technical risk and cost and avoiding vendor lock-in.
What is the target market for this particular product?
Because it’s scalable to an organization’s needs, RedProZTX works for any organization looking to take a more proactive approach to cybersecurity. It allows users to start implementing Zero Trust at the hardware layer and seamlessly cover all pillars of Zero Trust (e.g.., users, devices, networks, workloads, and data). This comprehensive, system-of-systems approach to implementing Zero Trust makes it harder for internal and external threat actors, including malware, to avoid detection, manipulate or steal data, or compromise mission-critical systems.
How does REDPro ZTX help customers implement Zero Trust within their organizations?
One of the biggest barriers to implementing Zero Trust architectures, even for organizations who agree that it’s important, is cost. REDPro ZTX’s modular architecture and its plug-and-play, vendor-agnostic approach addresses this concern and reduces costs for enterprises by enabling them to tailor and right-size their Zero Trust deployments without being forced to use specific Zero Trust vendors or abandon their existing cybersecurity investments. This prevents vendor lock and maximizes the ROI.
How does this product differentiate itself from competing solutions?
REDPro ZTX is the only Zero Trust integration platform on the market designed from the ground up to be highly scalable and support a wide variety of deployment environments including standalone, edge, on-premises, cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid scenarios. Its modular architecture and support for open standards also ensures flexibility and extensibility by third-parties. To further lower the total cost of ownership, REDPro ZTX leverages mature, widely used, open-source technologies and supports BYOL (Bring Your Own License) for compatible third-party cyber solutions. In a sea of choices that create vendor lock-in, offer only partial solutions, or require abandonment of previous investments, it’s a standout technology.
Why do you consider this particular threat solution to be critical in today’s environment?
One needs to look no further than the recent White House Cybersecurity Strategy to understand the critical need that RedProZTX addresses. The most recent strategy prioritizes the adoption of Zero Trust solutions not only by the U.S. Government but also by the 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
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