From VPN Vulnerability to SASE Victory: How A Growing Fintech Firm Transformed Its Security Posture and Scalability in Under a Week

For a California-based fintech company, rapid growth has been the norm. Over the past four years, the company has expanded from 80 to more than 450 employees, including a globally dispersed team of over 100 developers. Their mission? To build fast, secure, and accessible financial products that allow customers to transact directly from their bank accounts – a bold alternative to traditional, card-based payment systems. As the company scaled, it became clear that their legacyVPNsolution was falling short. While it had served as a basic remote access tool during the company’s early days, the demands of a remote-first, cloud-native organization soon exposed its limitations. The wake-up call came when a critical vulnerability was discovered in their VPN product, which forced leadership to rethink their approach to access and security. Time for Zero Trust Recognizing the urgency, the company assembled a team of stakeholders – including the CISO, director of IT, head of network operations, c...