Zero Trust Network Access With No Middleman

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Zero Trust Network Access

Zero Trust networking, without the middleman.

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.

10 minto deploy

20–50%faster access

Zerotraffic through our cloud

The problem with cloud-delivered security

Your security vendor should not sit in the middle of your traffic.

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.

Backhaul latency

Routing every packet to a distant cloud gateway and back slows down the apps your people use all day.

A new point of failure

When the vendor cloud has an outage, your access goes down with it. You inherit their reliability instead of your own.

Your data leaves your control

Decryption keys and traffic live in a provider's cloud, a structural conflict with ITAR, CMMC, and data residency rules.

One platform

One platform for every connection.

Replace your VPN, ZTNA, and Secure Web Gateway with a single Zero Trust platform that runs in your own infrastructure.

Private Access

ZTNA without the backhaul

Direct, least-privilege access to private apps and networks. 20 to 50 percent faster than cloud gateways, with no traffic detour.

Internet Access

Secure Web Gateway, on the device

Web filtering and DNS security enforced at the endpoint. Your browsing never detours through a vendor cloud to be inspected.

Network Unity

Segment in minutes, not months

Connect sites, clouds, and data centers into one encrypted overlay. Drop Bowtie into any environment with no re-IPing.

Modern UX

Invisible by design

User-invisible agents handle authentication and enforcement in the background. Security your people never have to think about.

The Bowtie difference

No middleman cloud.
No middleman markup.

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.

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Your traffic stays in your control

Connections flow directly between your devices and your resources. There is no cloud proxy and no inspection point.

Your keys never leave

Encryption keys are generated and stored in your environment. Bowtie never holds them and never sees your traffic.

No single point of failure

A distributed control plane keeps enforcing policy through partitions and outages. Your access does not depend on Bowtie staying online.

Built for sovereignty

Because traffic never crosses a vendor cloud, there is no structural conflict with ITAR, CMMC, or data residency requirements.

10 minFrom install to enforced policy

20–50%Faster than cloud gateways

ZeroTraffic through Bowtie's cloud

No re-IPDrops into any network

Bowtie vs. the status quo

The same security model, a very different architecture.

BowtieZscalerPrisma SASE
ArchitectureDirect device to resource, no middleman networkCloud gatewayLegacy IPSec tunneling
Encryption keysNever leave your controlStored in Zscaler's cloudHosted on Prisma Access
Control planeDecentralized, no central cloudHosted in the cloud, subject to outagesHosted in the cloud
Add-on pricingEverything included in the platformMany add-onsMany 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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