Bowtie connects your users directly to private apps and the internet, with no vendor cloud in the middle of your traffic. Your data and keys never leave your control.
Most Zero Trust and SASE products route your traffic through their cloud to inspect it. That adds latency, creates a new single point of failure, and puts your data and encryption keys in someone else's infrastructure.
Routing every packet to a distant cloud gateway and back slows down the apps your people use all day.
When the vendor cloud has an outage, your access goes down with it. You inherit their reliability instead of your own.
Decryption keys and traffic live in a provider's cloud, a structural conflict with ITAR, CMMC, and data residency rules.
Replace your VPN, ZTNA, and Secure Web Gateway with a single Zero Trust platform that runs in your own infrastructure.
Direct, least-privilege access to private apps and networks. 20 to 50 percent faster than cloud gateways, with no traffic detour.
Web filtering and DNS security enforced at the endpoint. Your browsing never detours through a vendor cloud to be inspected.
Connect sites, clouds, and data centers into one encrypted overlay. Drop Bowtie into any environment with no re-IPing.
User-invisible agents handle authentication and enforcement in the background. Security your people never have to think about.
Bowtie controllers run in your own cloud or data center. Connections go directly from your devices to your resources, so we are never in the path of your traffic or your data.
Explore the platform →Connections flow directly between your devices and your resources. There is no cloud proxy and no inspection point.
Encryption keys are generated and stored in your environment. Bowtie never holds them and never sees your traffic.
A distributed control plane keeps enforcing policy through partitions and outages. Your access does not depend on Bowtie staying online.
Because traffic never crosses a vendor cloud, there is no structural conflict with ITAR, CMMC, or data residency requirements.
| Bowtie | Zscaler | Prisma SASE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Direct device to resource, no middleman network | Cloud gateway | Legacy IPSec tunneling |
| Encryption keys | Never leave your control | Stored in Zscaler's cloud | Hosted on Prisma Access |
| Control plane | Decentralized, no central cloud | Hosted in the cloud, subject to outages | Hosted in the cloud |
| Add-on pricing | Everything included in the platform | Many add-ons | Many add-ons |
Why teams switch“Usability and security are not often lumped together in the same terms, but Bowtie does exactly that. From installation to setup to deployment, it was a breeze. You get top-tier granular access control with minimal user disruption. Bowtie just works.”
Akshay Finney, VP IT & Security at K2 Space
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