IGEL and Menlo Security are combining IGEL’s Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform with Menlo Secure Application Access to extend Zero Trust controls from endpoints to browser and SaaS applications.
The joint solution is designed to reduce reliance on virtual desktop infrastructure for browser-first workflows, limit endpoint agent sprawl, and simplify secure application access across enterprise environments.
Joint solution targets VDI and endpoint agent sprawl
The joint solution will pair IGEL’s Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform with Menlo’s Secure Application Access (SAA).
The operational improvements the joint solution provides include:
- Enhanced security posture: Coordinated Zero Trust-aligned controls from endpoints to applications reduce gaps across device trust, credential use, and browser-based application access.
- Simplified architecture: Fewer endpoint agents and access-path integration points for reducing complexity and operational risk.
- Reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): More targeted VDI infrastructure use for workloads that require it, while browser and SaaS workflows can move to a simpler secure access model to improve IT efficiency.
Zero Trust controls extend from endpoints to SaaS
The partnership is ultimately meant to create a coordinated trust model that begins with the endpoint and extends into browser-based application access.
It provides three core architectural advantages:
- Coordinated Zero Trust-aligned control plane: IGEL’s Preventative Security Model helps establish a trusted endpoint foundation by reducing endpoint attack surfaces and limiting unnecessary risk before access occurs. Menlo SAA complements that by applying least-privilege access controls for web and SaaS applications. This combination allows security teams to align endpoint governance via the Universal Management Suite (UMS) with browser and SaaS access policies enforced through Menlo SAA, replacing disconnected endpoint and access workflows with a more coordinated security operating model.
- Clientless application access: Organizations can secure access to business-critical applications for supported browser and SaaS access patterns without deploying additional endpoint agents or extending VDI infrastructure to workflows that can be securely delivered through the browser, helping reduce endpoint agent sprawl and infrastructure complexity. This simplifies deployment across diverse endpoint environments.
- Streamlined management: Security architects can leverage the UMS for centralized endpoint control and apply Menlo’s browser-based security policies via existing identity providers and security orchestration tools.
“IGEL is the secure OS foundation for modern application access, providing the trusted platform organizations need to confidently embrace browser-delivered workspaces. Together with the Menlo Browser Security Platform, we’re delivering end-to-end protection that unifies endpoint and browser security into a single, resilient Zero Trust architecture,” he adds.
Additionally, the joint solution supports immediate deployment for organizations seeking to modernize VDI environments or strengthen existing endpoint security investments with web application protection.