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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2022
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Robert Paul Andrews, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Biju Ramachandra Kaimal, Bangalore, IN;
Nitin Gupta, Kanpur, IN;
Amit Katyal, Bangalore, IN;
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Abstract
A zero trust network access appliance deployed at a customer premises can support gateway and cloud modes. In a gateway mode, the appliance operates as a zero trust network access gateway, and provides zero trust network access to applications hosted at the customer premises, using a firewall at the customer premises for network security. In the cloud mode, the appliance initiates a secure connection with a remote, cloud computing platform that provides a front end for zero trust network access. A threat management facility for the customer provides a control plane for managing zero trust network access provided through the cloud computing platform.