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Versa for Work-From-Home
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the ensuing global lockdowns have shifted the paradigm of work and the workplace. Months into
the pandemic, with the entire workforce working from home, organizations have come to realize that what once seemed like an
immediate temporary solution to sail through the storm might well be the new normal of the future. Switching to a mainstream
WFH mode has compelled organizations to reflect on the buttoned-down 9-to-5 office practices and test new and effective
ways of collaborating and delivering business services remotely. The results of this experiment have made it increasingly clearthat when enabled with the right technology, WFH can be a smart viable option for organizations to cut down on the operationalcosts, reduce corporate real estate needs, and bring a healthy work-life balance to their employees.

New Requirements for Work-from-Home (WFH)
Creating a seamless WFH experience forthe remote workforces has been anything
but simple for organizations. With a vast
number of users accessing corporate
data and applications over their homenetworks, the IT teams are confrontingunique networking, security, and visibility
headaches that the legacy VPN networks
and other remote access solutions are notequipped to address.
To bridge the complexity, security,and user experience gaps in the WFHlandscape, organizations are looking at
WFH alternatives that can:1.

Secure network connectivity formobile workers

2. Offer the ability to scale-up/down
on demand
3. Deliver reliable application performance for business-critical applications
4. Be non-intrusive to the home network and corporate IT

Versa Secure SD-WAN for the Home
Versa Secure SD-WAN is available on home appliances for work-from-home users. Organizations can leverage the appliancemodel to cater to even the most demanding WFH users who require multiple internet connections, high quality voice/video, andsupport for multiple WFH devices. In this approach, the Versa appliance is installed at the remote user’s home via zero touchprovisioning to deliver all the Secure SD-WAN capabilities directly inside the home network.

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Versa CSG300 Series Appliances for WFH
Versa offers the leading edge Versa CSG300 series appliances for deploying Versa Secure SD-WAN at branch sites and homeoffices. Based on Intel’s x86 architecture, the CSG300 series is ideal for easy deployments in home offices requiring robust
security, consistent high performance, and complete visibility. The versatile Versa CSG300 series appliances deliver carriergrade reliability with enterprise-grade routing, SD-WAN, and Next-Generation Firewall—all while supporting a diverse set ofWAN access technologies (MPLS, Broadband) and wireless LAN & WAN access technologies (3G, 4G-LTE, LTE Advanced). The
CSG300 series appliances scale SD-WAN performance up to 500 Mbps and up to 125 users.

Versa Operating System (VOS™)
Running on the Versa 300 appliances is the highly flexible Versa Operating System (VOS™), which powers Secure SDWAN networks on-premises and in the cloud. It is a cloud-native, multi-tenant, and multi-service software stack with a fullset of networking capabilities, including full-featured SD-WAN and advanced scalable routing, along with a wide range ofcomprehensive, integrated security functions.

Versa Secure Access For “Work-from-Anywhere”
Versa Secure Access is a cloud-managed and clouddelivered solution built to efficiently connect remoteworkers with distributed applications regardlessof their location or device. It is the industry’s firstsolution to deliver the leading Secure SD-WAN
services and private connectivity for employees whoare working from home or are remote. At the heartof the Versa Secure Access is Zero Trust Network
Access (ZTNA) built on the SASE framework—
integrating security, identity management, cloud,and SD-WAN into a simple, hassle-free service.

Versa Secure Access consists of:1.

Versa Cloud Gateways that are globally
distributed to provide secure on-ramps foraccess to enterprise applications. They arebuilt on VOS that integrates advanced routing,comprehensive security, market-leading SDWAN, along with secure access. These Gateways
authenticate users, authorize the application
access, and secure the enterprise network fromexternal threats.

2. Versa Secure Access Client (VSAC) is a software agent that runs on client devices and creates a secure and encrypted
connection from the remote device to the Versa Cloud Gateway, segments applications, and supports SD-WAN services. Uponauthentication and access authorization through the Versa Cloud Gateway, users with VSAC securely and reliably connect toenterprise applications hosted in the cloud.
3. Versa Secure Access Portal is the management interface that provides enterprise administrators with a granular view of theentire network and the ability to monitor users and applications in real-time.

Versa WFH Solutions Deliver the Following Capabilities:
1.

NSS recommended integrated security: the most comprehensive range of built-in security services that include stateful firewall,
DOS protection, NGFW, IPS, and URL filtering on end-user client devices connecting privately to enterprise resources.

2. Micro-segmentation: role-based access that controls and limits application visibility to authorized users. Organizations candynamically configure applications and Versa Secure Access Gateways to prevent users from accessing applications they are notauthorized to access.
3. User authentication and authorization: leverages the enterprise’s preferred Identity Provider to authenticate and authorize users
for application access policies.
4. Application Firewall: enforces policies on a per-user/user group basis for application access. The applications can be definedusing FQDN/Hostname, wild cards, IP address subnet and ports or a combination of these.

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5. Application and user visibility: built on top of the big data based Versa Analytics platform to provide the network administratorswith the real-time view as well as the historical reporting of users, application, and network that helps monitor and prevent
insider threats and illicit lateral movement.
6. Application performance optimization: SLA monitoring, Traffic engineering, and Forward Error Correction to ensure theapplication traffic is directed to the best available gateway and the transport link for optimum application performance. Versa
Secure Access also supports geolocation, user, and application policy to take users to the closest gateway to minimize latency.
Further, it allows cloud applications to be accessed directly from the cloud gateways, eliminating data center backhauling, which
undoubtedly improves application performance.

Choosing Versa for Your WFH Solution
Versa WFH enables IT to establish security, visibility, simplicity, and performance at the home office or anywhere employees
perform their jobs with Versa Secure SD-WAN in the home and Versa Secure Access in the home or anywhere. Organizations
are able to expand the Versa Secure SD-WAN corporate network directly into the home ensuring security, performance, andvisibility as if the home was part of the corporate network. In addition, organizations can also extend secure access, applications
identification and segmentation, and quality of experience for the most important applications down the physical device whether
it is corporate-issued or employee owned.
Organizations deploying Versa WFH achieve:
1.

Secure application access regardless of user and application location. Versa is NSS Labs recommended for NGFW and NG-IPS.

2. Assured application performance and remote user experience
3. Flexibility to choose a Secure Access Client and a WFH network appliance
4. Pervasive visibility into applications, remote users, and the network
5. Quick to deploy, easy to operate, and non-intrusive to the end-user home network

Unlike other solutions on the market that require service chaining and multiple management consoles, Versa WFH has:

About Versa Networks
Versa Networks, the leader in Secure SD-WAN, combines full-featured SD-WAN, complete integrated security, advanced
scalable routing, genuine multi-tenancy, and sophisticated analytics to meet WAN Edge requirements for small to extremely
large enterprises and Service Providers. Versa Secure SD-WAN is available on-premises, hosted through Versa-powered ServiceProviders, cloud-delivered, and via the simplified Versa Titan cloud service designed for Lean IT. The company has transacted
hundreds of thousands of software licenses globally through its global Service Providers, partners, and enterprises. Versa
Networks is privately held and funded by Sequoia Capital, Mayfield, Artis Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty
Global Ventures, Princeville Global Fund and RPS Ventures. For more information, visit https://www.versa-networks.com or follow
us on@versanetworks.

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