Google BeyondCorp Remote Access Is Released
So, this post is more like a public service announcement for the broader GCP security products team. But I will add color to it, so it will be more fun. Also, this technology we are releasing is genuinely very useful for many organizations nowadays.
As the story goes, Google has used the BeyondCorp model (that follows zero trust principles) internally. Over the years, we also made available some components (like IAP and CAA) so that a security team, given enough time and knowledge (and, frankly, some luck as well), can assemble a decent zero trust access tool-set for their own use. Some organizations have done exactly that, and were successful using the resulting system to enable access to their own applications. We also build our own products (like GCP platform and G Suite) to make native use of the zero trust — style components, like Endpoint Verification.
But what was missing from all this? I am happy you asked :-) An actual product that people can buy and use! And this week we actually launched exactly that — please welcome BeyondCorp Remote Access.
Now, I have to tell you that you won’t “become Google” overnight even with this product. Google’s own “buttery-smooth”, secure and easy to use system took time to evolve. However, you can make a big step in that direction! Also, when using our product, you can be sure that the infrastructure used for your remote access is, to be honest, the best on the planet and it will work under load. For example, Google Meet usage went up something like 20X in recent weeks without any problems. It just works!
With this release, our goal is to help customers solve a specific problem, that of giving newly-remote workers secure access to some specific internal application without much hassle. So, you can get easy and secure remote access to some resources (cloud or on-premise!) using the proven system that works well.
So, go over here for details like use cases, if you are curious. For the launch blog post, go here. Finally, if you want to get in touch now, go here.
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