AppGate develops direct-routed Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions that enforce identity-based policies for controlling access across users, devices, and workloads. The company positions itself as the market leader in direct-routed ZTNA, serving enterprises and government agencies globally.
The core product replaces legacy VPN infrastructure by abandoning implicit trust in favour of continuous verification. Every access request is evaluated against identity, context, and policy before being granted. The architecture uses direct routing rather than cloud intermediaries, intended to maintain performance whilst supporting hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
AppGate operates across the full spectrum of network security domains, including identity-based access control, cloud security, remote access protection, and continuous authentication frameworks. The company addresses the security implications of modern workplace dynamics - distributed teams, cloud migration, and sophisticated threats - that traditional perimeter defences have proven inadequate to manage.