Secure Private Access

Zero Trust Access to Private Resources

SonicWall Secure Private Access (SPA), part of the Cloud Secure Edge (CSE), evolves secure access with scalable, zero-trust security across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.

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Overview

Secure Private Access: The Evolution of Secure Access

Modern organizations need secure, frictionless access to private resources from anywhere, including offices, homes, data centers, cloud platforms, and contractor sites. Legacy VPNs were never designed to secure this level of mobility, nor the rise of unmanaged devices, lateral-movement threats, and identity-driven attacks.

Secure Private Access provides a cloud-native approach that ensures every connection is trusted, every device is verified, and every experience is seamless. With built-in two-factor authentication, intelligent routing, and real-time policy enforcement, Secure Private Access empowers organizations to simplify IT operations while securing their workforce, wherever work happens.

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What SPA Solves

Unmanaged and Untrusted Devices Create Blind Spots

Users often connect from personal or non-compliant devices that bypass traditional perimeter controls. Secure Private Access verifies device posture before granting access, blocking risky endpoints from reaching sensitive resources.

Legacy VPNs Are Slow, Overly Permissive, and Hard to Maintain

VPNs expose the network, require constant patching, overload help desks, and provide all-or-nothing access. Secure Private Access eliminates VPN complexity with cloud-delivered ZTNA, reducing latency and removing the need for hardware appliances.

Too Much Trust Inside the Network Increases Risk

Once connected through a VPN, users (or attackers) can move laterally across systems. Secure Private Access enforces least-privilege access via identity, device trust, and contextual policies, eliminating unnecessary access paths.

Why SPA?

Secure Private Access provides Zero Trust Network Access, ensuring only trusted users and devices can access private resources.

Key Benefits

Enable users to securely access resources from any device or location. Secure Private Access verifies identity and device posture before every connection, reducing risk while maintaining a seamless user experience.

Simplified Management Without VPN Hardware

Eliminate the operational burden of patching, maintaining, and scaling VPN appliances. Secure Private Access is fully cloud-managed and integrates with existing identity providers, such as Entra ID and Okta.

Least-Privilege Access That Reduces Lateral Movement

Secure Private Access provides application-level access, not network tunnels, ensuring users reach only the resources they need. This narrows the attack surface and prevents attackers from pivoting through the network.

Strong Security Controls Built In

Secure Private Access provides integrated device posture checks, continuous verification, flexible authentication policies, integrated 2FA, and adaptive trust scoring without requiring additional tools or agents for most environments.

Flexible Deployment Options

Deploy using SonicWall’s Global Edge for fully managed cloud delivery or Private Edge for environments requiring local performance or regulatory needs. Supports Linux, SonicWall firewalls, Windows Server, Kubernetes, and OVB deployments.

Faster Onboarding and Lower Support Burden

Cloud Secure Edge is easy to deploy and scales instantly. With centralized, multi-tenant management, onboarding new teams, contractors, or entire client environments becomes significantly faster and less error-prone.

How SPA Works

Secure Private Access provides secure connectivity through identity-aware, application-level access, reinforced by device posture and real-time trust evaluation.

Identity-Driven Access Control

Integrates with your identity provider to authenticate users and enforce least-privilege access.

Device Trust Verification

Validates device posture, operating system compliance, and security controls before granting access.

Continuous, Contextual Policies

Evaluates user context (location, behavior, device health) and adapts access decisions in real time.

SPA Capabilities

SonicWall Secure Private Access delivers two core capabilities:

Tunnel-Based ZTNA: Secure network access to specific internal segments.

Proxy-Based ZTNA: Secure access to internal HTTP apps and TCP services without exposing the network.

These capabilities are available in Basic and Advanced tiers. Basic is typically for organizations starting their Zero Trust journey, and Advanced is for environments that require enhanced control and scalability. SPA is offered with a per-user licensing, with more detailed capabilities listed below:

	Basic	Advanced
High Performance Data Plane \| Cloud Control Plane \| Cloud Secure Edge API
Trust Scoring \| Actional Visibility \| Continuous Policy Enforcement \| Device Posture
Zero Trust Network Access Tunnel (ZTNA)
Zero Trust Network Access Proxy (ZTNA) \| Private Resource/IaaS Discovery
Unregistered \| Passwordless Access
EDR \| Service Accounts \| MDM/UEM \| SIEM Integration
Private Edge
24x7 Support
RIS/Premier Support	Add-on	Add-on