NetFoundry vs. RidgeShield Comparison Chart

If you’ve ever dealt with slow VPNs, or clunky ZTNA agents that degrade app performance, you’re not alone. Many IT teams are stuck balancing security with usability—and often end up sacrificing both. Here is a different approach. The high-performance ZTNA service that is part of a personal SASE solution from Cloudbrink can upgrade or replace traditional VPNs while fixing the performance and complexity that come from other vendors in the ZTNA and SASE space. Built as a software-only service, Cloudbrink delivers sub-20ms latency and 1Gbps+ speeds per user using dynamically deployed FAST edges and a proprietary protocol that recovers packet loss before it impacts the app. Security isn’t bolted on—it’s built in. With mutual TLS 1.3, short-lived certs, and no exposed IPs, Cloudbrink provides real zero trust without making users suffer through poor connections or overloaded POPs. If you’ve been burned by “next-gen” solutions that still feel like 2008, it might be time for something new.

Auth0 takes a modern approach to Identity, providing secure access to any application, for any user. Safeguarding billions of login transactions each month, Auth0 delivers convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation. Auth0 is part of Okta, The World’s Identity Company™. Auth0 lets you quickly integrate authentication and authorization for web, mobile, and legacy applications, with new Fine Grained Authorization (FGA) that goes beyond role-based access control. Authenticate users across all applications with a customized, secure, and standards-based single login. Universal Login connects users to a central authorization server. Credentials aren’t transferred across sources, which boosts security and protects against phishing and credential stuffing attacks. OAuth 2.0 recommends that only external user agents (like the browser) be used by native applications for authentication flows. Auth0’s Universal Login achieves this while enabling SSO.

Kitecyber: Gen AI & Data Security, Built on the Endpoint Kitecyber protects your data and secures Gen AI use with a single lightweight agent that runs directly on the endpoint. Because it lives on the device, Kitecyber sees the complete picture—device posture, operating system activity, process activity, data classification, user activity, and network activity—together, in real-time context. That's something network- and cloud-only tools can't match: they watch traffic after it leaves the device, while Kitecyber understands the action at the moment it happens. One agent replaces a stack. Kitecyber unifies data loss prevention, secure web gateway, zero trust private access, SaaS protection, device management, and Gen AI security, no appliances, no separate consoles, and deployment in about a day. Data security that keeps up with your data. Kitecyber classifies sensitive information with LLM-powered, context-aware intelligence across 80+ categories (PII, PHI, PCI, source code, IP) at over 90% accuracy — not brittle keyword matching. It tracks data lineage through transformations like screenshots, encoding, and file conversion that defeat traditional scanners, and enforces policy inline before data ever leaves the device. Gen AI security for the age of AI agents. Kitecyber tracks sensitive data pasted or uploaded into tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini and blocks it before it leaves the endpoint. It discovers shadow AI apps reaching your devices and extends visibility to the AI agents now acting on your users' behalf — a blind spot for identity- and network-based tools. Trusted and proven. Kitecyber secures fast-growing fintech, AI companies, BFSI, Manufacturing, healthcare and SMB organizations in highly regulated environments, and partners with GRC leaders like Vanta and Scrut Automation to simplify security and compliance together. Customers report up to 50% lower total cost of ownership, ~20 hours a week saved, and enterprise-grade protection without enterprise complexity. Kitecyber is SOC 2 Type II compliant, with pre-built templates for GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, and more. The company operates and has customers across USA, Europe, Middle east and APAC. Get enterprise-grade Gen AI and data security in days, from one agent. Learn more at kitecyber.com.

ThreatLocker is a Zero Trust Platform that prevents cyber threats by blocking unknown applications, enforcing least privilege, and controlling what can run across your environment. Using Allowlisting, Ringfencing, Network Control, and more, ThreatLocker stops ransomware, zero-day attacks, and unauthorized activity before execution, rather than relying on detection after the fact. Built for modern IT and cybersecurity teams, the platform delivers centralized visibility and policy management across endpoints, users, and applications. ThreatLocker reduces attack surface, limits lateral movement, and supports compliance with detailed audit logs. With fast deployment, a large built-in application library, and streamlined approvals, organizations can strengthen security while minimizing operational overhead and maintaining business continuity.

Keeper Security is transforming the way people and organizations around the world secure their passwords and passkeys, secrets and confidential information. Keeper’s easy-to-use cybersecurity platform is built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Keeper’s solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance. Trusted by millions of individuals and thousands of organizations globally, Keeper is the leader for best-in-class password and passkey management, secrets management, privileged access, secure remote access and encrypted messaging. Protect what matters at KeeperSecurity.com.

ADSelfService Plus is an on-premises access management solution that caters to businesses across various industries, such as IT, banking, engineering, education, aviation, and telecommunications. Key features include: 1. Self-service password resets and account unlocks: Users can reset their passwords in AD and unlock their domain accounts from a web browser. 2. MFA: Machine logins, VPN and OWA logins, and cloud app logins can be secured using MFA. 3. Password synchronizer and SSO: Users can log in to multiple apps using one unified identity via SSO and real-time password synchronization. 4. Password policy enforcer: Admins can configure custom password policies to enforce strong password creation. 5. Password expiration notifier: Admins can send end users password expiration notifications via SMS or email. 6. Directory self-update: Users can update their AD attribute information through the directory self-update feature.

Endpoint Central gives IT teams a single platform to manage and secure every device across the organization, eliminating the need to juggle multiple point tools. Patch management is automated across Windows, macOS, Linux, and 1000+ third-party applications. Software deployment, OS imaging, and remote desktop capabilities allow administrators to provision, update, and troubleshoot endpoints without physical presence. Security capabilities include vulnerability assessment, application control, device control, browser security, endpoint privilege management, EDR, NGAV protection against malware and zero-day threats, and private access for secure remote connectivity. BitLocker and FileVault encryption management adds data protection across Windows and macOS fleets. Mobile device management extends control to iOS and Android, supporting corporate-owned and BYOD environments. Available on-premises or in the cloud across five editions: Free, Professional, Enterprise, UEM, and Security.

Josys is a modern AI-native identity security and governance platform. Enterprise AI adoption has made identity the fastest-growing attack surface — and the hardest to govern. Josys discovers, governs, and secures every identity - human, machine, and AI agent - across every application in the enterprise. Built on policy-led governance, Josys lets security and IT teams define access policies once and enforce them autonomously: risk is surfaced, access is controlled, and identity threats are remediated in real time, without manual oversight. Trusted by over 1,000 organizations and MSPs worldwide, Josys turns identity from the fastest-growing attack surface into an autonomously governed advantage. For more information, visit josys.com.

Cloudflare is the foundation for your infrastructure, applications, and teams. Cloudflare secures and ensures the reliability of your external-facing resources such as websites, APIs, and applications. It protects your internal resources such as behind-the-firewall applications, teams, and devices. And it is your platform for developing globally scalable applications. Your website, APIs, and applications are your key channels for doing business with your customers and suppliers. As more and more shift online, ensuring these resources are secure, performant and reliable is a business imperative. Cloudflare for Infrastructure is a complete solution to enable this for anything connected to the Internet. Behind-the-firewall applications and devices are foundational to the work of your internal teams. The recent surge in remote work is testing the limits of many organizations’ VPN and other hardware solutions.

Thinfinity® Workspace 7 is a comprehensive, secure platform that offers a zero-trust approach, enabling secure and contextual access to corporate virtual desktops, virtual applications, internal web apps, SaaS, and files, whether they are on Windows, Linux, or mainframes. It supports various deployment models, including cloud, on-premise, and hybrid settings, and can be deployed on any cloud provider of your choice. With its proprietary reverse gateway technology, Thinfinity® Remote Workspace 7 ensures secure reverse connections over SSL with TLS 1.3 encryption. This robust approach doesn't require client-side installations, firewall modifications, or the opening of inbound ports on your network, thereby enhancing the security infrastructure of your business. The platform ensures all browser-based connections are secured over HTTPS, offering a wide variety of authentication options, from straightforward User/Password to sophisticated Active Directory authentication.