Introducing Netskope One Copilot for Private Access

Any organization that’s undergone a security transformation knows the promise of zero trust network access (ZTNA): secure, least-privilege access to private applications, anywhere, on any device. But turning that promise into operational reality is often far from simple. Between fragmented tools, complex configurations, and sprawling environments, implementing ZTNA can quickly become a manual, time-consuming, and error-prone process.

What if you had an intelligent assistant to guide you every step of the way?

Netskope is excited to introduce a game-changing capability within Netskope One Private Access: Netskope One Copilot for Private Access. This isn’t just another feature; it’s your AI-powered partner designed to help implement precise application segments and context-aware policies with ease. It continuously reviews configurations, refines access controls, and handles routine housekeeping tasks to keep your ZTNA posture optimized, secure, and efficient.

The challenge: ZTNA complexity vs. zero trust promise

Implementing ZTNA right means shifting from broad network access to fine-grained, context-aware and adaptive zero trust controls. That includes:

• Discovering all private applications, often starting with broad IP subnets and wild-card domains
• Refining those into precise application segments
• Defining access policies based on user roles, device posture, location, data, and threat protection controls
• Auditing continuously for gaps, unused rules, and stale configurations

This process, while crucial for security, can be manual, time-consuming, and prone to human error, especially for organizations where the volume of both users and applications have increased over the course of several years via mergers and acquisitions. Operationalizing ZTNA can seem overwhelming, and in some cases may lead to questioning the security benefits that ZTNA is meant to deliver.

Meet Netskope One Copilot for Private Access: Your AI-powered assistant for ZTNA administration

Netskope One Copilot for Private Access brings clarity and control to your ZTNA environment with intelligent, AI-driven guidance across discovery, policy design, and continuous optimization.

Here’s how it transforms your ZTNA journey. 

1. Discover: Automated application discovery and policy mapping

Application discovery gives you visibility into your private apps and how users interact with them. Copilot for Private Access actively defines granular application segments and associated policies, thereby eliminating the Admin efforts related to review and implementation of ZTNA controls.

• Smarter application discovery: Recommends and implements application segments for IP or name based destinations and aggregated with configurable levels of granularity.
• Granular AD-based policy mapping:  Recommends and implements policies aggregated on user identity, active directory (AD) groups, and organizational units (OUs).

2. Define: Crafting precise, least-privilege policies

For ZTNA in existing environments, Copilot for Private Access can replace broad destinations with narrower segments that reflect active usage patterns.

• Intelligent application segmentation: Analyzes usage patterns to recommend more precise segments (e.g., narrowing a 10.0.0.0/16 subnet to a 10.0.0.0/24), and suggests specific TCP/UDP ports and protocols, ensuring access is limited to only what’s needed based on user persona.

3. Optimize: Continuous configuration refinement 

Over time, ZTNA configurations can become outdated or bloated. Copilot for Private Access acts as your trusted co-Admin, always-on, always optimizing, and always helping you reduce risk.

• Configuration audit: Highlights dormant policies, redundant configuration objects, and identity attributes. Admins are able to focus on operationally relevant configuration and can eliminate configuration clutter. 
• On-demand and customizable scope: Copilot for Private Access can be configured to operate on all or a subset of the configuration space, and incorporate usage patterns over short to longer term durations. Furthermore, it can be set up to operate as a trusted advisor in the background or can be activated on-demand. This provides flexibility in planning change windows, and accelerating a ZTNA compliant security posture.

The future of ZTNA is intelligent

With Copilot for Private Access, Netskope is not just offering a tool, it is providing a strategic advantage. This capability reflects our commitment to providing a compelling VPN alternative, while meeting the evolving demands of implementing ZTNA across the enterprise. With AI-driven accuracy, you can move faster, reduce risk, and secure access at scale across any device, including unmanaged, IoT, and OT endpoints.

Ready to modernize your private access strategy? Netskope One Copilot for Private Access is here to be your trusted guide.

See how Netskope One Private Access delivers secure, intelligent connectivity, anywhere, for any user or device.