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# One Vendor or Many Vendors to Secure Your Hybrid Workforce?

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Companies need to rethink their security approach in today's world of hybrid networks and workforces. It's a time of cybersecurity transformation where companies support employees who work from everywhere and corporate assets and data are stored anywhere---in public clouds, in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, on-prem data centers, and more.

This transformation has companies at a crossroads: should they keep building out their security portfolio with best-of-breed point products from multiple vendors? Or can they find a security vendor that can solve myriad security challenges within a single platform?

I recently hosted a [LinkedIn Live](https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:7024405427761094657/?actorCompanyId=30086) where this question came up with Zeus Kerravala, founder and principal analyst of [ZK Research](https://zkresearch.com/), and Rusty Williams, principal architect for Zero Trust here at Palo Alto Networks. We talked about how businesses are reevaluating their security approach and want to move to a modern security strategy that protects and improves hybrid workforce efficiency and user experience.

Multi-vendor, point-product security solutions repeatedly came up as a roadblock for organizations trying to make this move. For many organizations, a multi-vendor and complex setup often requires trade-offs among security, performance, and user experience.

We agreed a single-vendor platform approach is a viable solution to modernize an organization's security strategy, and it is the first area of inquiry organizations should explore when evaluating vendors to help enable their cybersecurity transformation.

## Single-vendor vs. multi-vendor security

A [single-vendor approach to security](https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/gartner-sase-market-guide-2022.html) offers several benefits over a traditional multi-vendor security approach, especially in the context of zero trust network access ([ZTNA](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase/ztna)).

A single-vendor platform approach provides a holistic solution to address the entire attack surface, ensuring a more consistent policy while providing a clear understanding of what's happening in the network. Best-of-breed point solutions built into a multi-vendor approach only provide fragmented results, leading to partial insights and unacceptable trade-offs between security and usability.

The good news is there are now powerful single-vendor security platforms available for organizations today that eliminate traditional trade-offs while enabling businesses to truly transform and better align security outcomes to business needs.

For example, the security capabilities within [Prisma SASE](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase) secure traffic and access everywhere, irrespective of whether a user accesses data from an internet location, public cloud, hybrid cloud, or on-premises data center.

In addition to complete traffic and network access protection, a single-vendor platform offers a comprehensive and well-integrated [zero trust architecture](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/sase/start-building-your-zero-trust-architecture-with-ztna-2-0/) that combines the benefits of best-of-breed point solutions without sacrificing consistency or visibility.

[Prisma Access](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/sase/access), the cloud-delivered security solution within Prisma SASE, is itself a best-of-breed solution that protects the hybrid workforce with superior security and an exceptional user experience from a simple, unified security product.

## The single-vendor platform approach helps turn security into a business enabler

For many organizations, security has historically been an afterthought or a response to a mandate rather than a strategic initiative. As such, it is often seen as something that is a hindrance to business growth and agility.

However, technological advances and the need to tame our[vastly expanded threat landscape](https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/whats-next-in-cyber-report) have afforded the opportunity to finally start turning security into a business enabler and a positive contributor to any organization's bottom line.

With the [right infrastructure and technology in place,](https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/av-comparative-sase-report) security can help businesses be more agile, respond quickly to changing environments, and align with business outcomes.

[ZTNA 2.0](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/engage/prisma-sase-ztna-2-0), available through the Prisma SASE platform, provides consistent, secure access for your hybrid workforce to the data, applications, and resources they need to do their work anywhere. With [ZTNA 2.0](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/what-is-zero-trust-network-access-2-0), businesses can stay productive, connected, and secure, keeping their data protected at all times.

Security has never been more important, and with a single-vendor approach, it can be a true business enabler.

Check out the LinkedIn Live conversation Zeus, Rusty, and I had about this topic in the clip above. If you are curious about what else we discussed during our hour together, watch the [full conversation on-demand](https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:7024405427761094657/?actorCompanyId=30086) to hear more about zero trust architecture and how ZTNA 2.0 can help minimize your attack surface.

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