Hey folks, I’ve been digging into Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) for the past couple weeks because my company’s been hybrid since 2021, and honestly, VPNs just aren’t cutting it anymore. Too slow, too rigid, and I’m constantly worried someone’s going to slip through the cracks. Has anyone here actually implemented ZTNA in a real remote work setup? Not just pilot stuff, I mean fully rolled out. I’d love to hear what kind of challenges you hit—especially from a user adoption point of view. People already get frustrated with MFA, so I can only imagine how they’ll feel if more layers are added.
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I totally hear you. We replaced our VPN with a full ZTNA model last year across a 70% remote team, and yeah, there were definitely some growing pains—but honestly, it’s been worth it. What helped us was introducing ZTNA gradually, starting with third-party vendors, then scaling internally. One thing to be prepared for is pushback from employees when they realize they can’t just log in from random cafes anymore without endpoint verification. We had to do a lot of internal training and also made sure IT support was extra responsive for the first month after rollout. We used device posture checks + user identity as the baseline, and layered access controls by role. I found this blog on remote work trends super insightful when we were mapping it all out. It touches on how remote infrastructure is evolving and why ZTNA https://cyberpanel.net/blog/trends-and-technologies-affecting-the-future-of-remote-work isn’t just a trend—it’s kinda necessary with how dynamic endpoints are now. Also, pro tip: don’t skip the testing phase with real user behavior. Some of our policies looked fine on paper but tanked performance until we fine-tuned access policies per app. Happy to share a template we used if you’re interested.