Prisma Access : What is Remote Networks (RN) ?
Prisma Access : What is Remote Networks (RN) ?
As we discussed in our previous article that Prisma Access is a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) that provides consistent connectivity and security for mobile users, branch offices and Datacenters and other locations, anywhere across the globe.
Prisma Access uses a common cloud-based infrastructure that delivers multiple types of security services, including advanced threat prevention, web filtering, sandboxing, DNS security, credential theft prevention, DLP and next-generation firewall policies based on user-to-application, and host information profile.
One of the components which is used to connect to the datacenter is called Remote Networks (RN). Let's talk about Remote Networks (RN) in details
What is Remote Networks (RN) ?
Remote Networks are suitable for branch offices, particularly those without significant NGFW capabilities. One of their key features is the ability to filter and inspect traffic. This adds an important layer of security for locations that might not have extensive security measures in place. Additionally, Remote Networks allow for Internet egress, which means that internet-bound traffic from these branches goes through Prisma Access.
A typical scenario for using a Remote Network might be an office with around 10-100 users. You would set up a Remote Network tunnel from your on-premises router or firewall (it could be any IPSec complaint device). The default route on this on-premises router should point to the Remote Network tunnel, redirecting all traffic through Prisma Access for security and control.
Remote Network Bandwidth
Pricing for Remote Networks is based on bandwidth usage. You pay for a specific amount of bandwidth, which you can then allocate across your various remote networks as needed. Starting with Prisma 1.8 deployments, bandwidth is allocated at an aggregate level per compute location.
Each location has a corresponding compute location for which bandwidth is allocated, and all sites you onboard in a compute location share that allocated bandwidth. For example, let's say you want to onboard two branch offices using remote networks in the US locations. All these locations map to the US compute location. If 1000 Mbps of bandwidth is allocated to this compute location, all two branch offices will share the 1000 Mbps of bandwidth.
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