Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Focuses on applying Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) to merger and acquisition integration challenges.
- Addresses the cost and complexity of maintaining duplicate firewalls, MPLS contracts and legacy VPNs during transition service agreements.
- Presents a framework for prioritizing network integration tasks before TSA expiration.
- Designed for IT and integration teams managing post-merger network consolidation.
About the Webinar
This webinar examines how Zero Trust Network Access can simplify network integration following mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. The session, hosted by AppGate, addresses a common post-merger challenge: providing secure access across two separate network environments without requiring either to be rebuilt before integration can begin.
Traditional approaches to post-merger network integration often result in organizations running parallel infrastructure, including duplicate firewalls, multiple MPLS contracts and legacy VPN systems, throughout the duration of a transition service agreement. This webinar explores how identity-based policy can layer over both environments in their existing states, potentially reducing the need for immediate network harmonization.
Key Topics
- Why attempting to match networks post-merger can create additional infrastructure to manage rather than resolving complexity.
- How ZTNA changes the integration calculus for M&A and divestiture scenarios.
- A practical framework for post-close activities and prioritization before transition service agreement deadlines.
- Strategies for decommissioning legacy infrastructure on an organization’s own timeline rather than being driven by deal requirements.
Transition Service Agreement Considerations
The webinar specifically addresses the constraints imposed by transition service agreements, which typically set fixed timelines for separating or integrating IT infrastructure. Running duplicate network infrastructure throughout a TSA period creates ongoing costs and operational overhead. The session presents approaches for enabling day-one access across both networks while allowing legacy infrastructure decommissioning to proceed independently of deal-imposed deadlines.
Who Should Attend
This webinar is relevant for IT leaders, network architects and integration teams involved in merger, acquisition or divestiture activities. Security professionals responsible for maintaining access controls during corporate transitions and those managing transition service agreement timelines will find the framework applicable to their planning processes. The session concludes with a live Q&A with AppGate’s Zero Trust experts.