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Optimizer

Move From Broad Access to Least Privilege

AppGate Optimizer uses actual access data to show where entitlements are over-provisioned, recommend precise changes and keep access aligned with current need over time. Administrators review and apply those recommendations when they are ready, reducing risk without disrupting the users who depend on that access. 

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Benefits of AppGate Optimizer

AppGate Optimizer brings continuous entitlement optimization to AppGate ZTNA. It helps security, IT and OT teams reduce exposure and document progress toward least privilege without turning access cleanup into a disruptive project.

  • Faster time to least privilege: Teams can narrow entitlements as overexposure is identified instead of waiting for a scheduled manual review cycle.
  • Improved security posture: Access remains aligned with actual use rather than original intent limits lateral-movement exposure.
  • Greater operational efficiency: Continuous analysis and evidence-based recommendations reduce the time IT and security teams spend reviewing logs and cleaning up access.
  • Seamless user experience: Users keep working while administrators review and apply right-sizing recommendations, so access can be tightened without disrupting productivity.
  • Stronger compliance readiness: Usage-based access evidence supports NIS2, CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model and DORA while giving auditors a documented view of least privilege in practice. 
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Deep Discovery Capabilities

Security and IT teams often know access is over-provisioned. The harder question is which entitlements can be narrowed without breaking a workflow. Optimizer answers with application discovery and usage data from AppGate ZTNA, showing whether an entitlement is fully used, partially used or never used before an administrator makes a change.

  • See Current Use: Optimizer shows which hosts and ports each entitlement actually uses and which access rules are active.
  • Reduce Unused Access: Recommendations identify unused hosts and ports that can be removed from an over-provisioned entitlement.
  • Replace Broad Entitlements: Optimizer recommends narrow, application-specific entitlements to replace broad, VPN-style access.
  • Retire Obsolete Entitlements: Optimizer flags entitlements that are no longer used or no longer tied to a policy so administrators can disable them.
  • Keep Administrators in Control: Every recommendation is evidence-based and reviewable, and administrators apply changes with a single click when they are ready. 
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How AppGate Optimizer Works

Because Optimizer is native to AppGate ZTNA, it analyzes the access data the platform already generates. There is no separate agent, console or data pipeline to deploy. The process runs continuously, but administrators remain in control of when recommendations are applied.

Access Entitlements

Every entitlement's actions
hosts / FQDNs and ports.

Optimizer

Entitlement Analysis

Continuously scans the actions of every entitlement to identify what can be reduced, replaced or retired.

  • Reduce

    Removes unused hosts and ports from an over-provisioned entitlement.

  • Replace

    Moves administrators from broad, VPN-style entitlements to a set of narrow, app-specific replacements.

  • Retire

    Disables entitlements that are no longer used, or no longer linked to a policy.

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Make Least Privilege an Ongoing Practice

See how AppGate Optimizer can help your team narrow over-provisioned access, reduce manual review and show measurable progress toward least privilege over time. 

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