BlackRidge Technology Transport Access Control vs Proofpoint Meta [EOL] comparison

BlackRidge products include hardware and software gateways and software endpoints that implement BlackRidge Transport Access Control (TAC) with First Packet Authentication™. BlackRidge gateways and endpoints perform identity insertion, identity resolution and policy enforcement on network sessions. Identity insertion is the process that associates a network connection request with a user or device identity and inserts identity tokens into TCP sessions. Identity resolution is the reverse process by which a BlackRidge gateway or endpoint associates and authenticates an identity token with a user or device identity. Policy enforcement implements the provisioned security policy — forward, redirect, or discard — for the connection request to a protected resource.

As applications move to the cloud and workers are increasingly mobile, enterprises need a better alternative for access than traditional VPN. Proofpoint Meta leverages a software-defined perimeter for cloud-delivered secure remote access to resources in the datacenter and the cloud.