Retire Your VPN. Unlock High-Performance Zero Trust Access.
Traditional VPNs are now one of the biggest security and performance liabilities for mid-market organizations. We help you move to a zero trust model that’s faster, safer, and built for hybrid work.
Based on insights from the Zscaler ThreatLabz 2025 VPN Risk Report and ATG’s work with high-performance mid-market clients.
The Industry Is Moving On from VPN
65%
Planning to replace VPN services within a year.
81%
Adopting a zero trust strategy on a similar timeline.
VPNs Were Built for a Different Era
VPNs were designed when applications lived in one place and users occasionally connected in from outside. Today, applications are everywhere, your workforce is hybrid, and attackers are actively targeting VPNs as a primary entry point.
The Real-World Problems with Legacy VPN
- Security risk: VPN gateways are highly visible on the internet and have become a favorite target for ransomware and exploit campaigns.
- Lateral movement: Once a user (or attacker) is “on the network,” they can often move laterally, escalate privileges, and access far more than they should.
- Third-party exposure: Vendor and partner VPN tunnels can become backdoors into your environment if they’re broadly scoped or poorly governed.
- User frustration: Slow connections, frequent drops, and clunky authentication flows undermine productivity and drive workarounds.
- Operational drag: Managing concentrators, patching appliances, and scaling infrastructure eats into already-limited IT capacity.
What the 2025 VPN Risk Report Reveals
Zscaler’s ThreatLabz 2025 VPN Risk Report, produced with Cybersecurity Insiders, surveyed more than 600 IT and security professionals to understand how VPNs are impacting security, operations, and user experience in 2025.
The Decline of VPNs
- Over half of organizations surveyed experienced cyber incidents linked to VPN vulnerabilities in the past year.
- VPN appliances remain highly exposed and easily scanned, making them prime initial access targets.
- 65% of organizations plan to replace VPN services within the next year.
Key Risk Drivers
- A growing share of VPN vulnerabilities are rated high or critical, frequently enabling remote code execution or privilege escalation.
- VPNs make lateral movement easier by dropping users onto the network rather than into a specific application.
- Third-party VPN access is a major concern, as vendor credentials and tunnels can be hijacked and abused.
The Shift to Zero Trust
- 81% of organizations are adopting zero trust strategies on a similar timeline to their VPN replacement initiatives.
- Zero trust focuses on identity, device posture, and context, granting least-privileged, application-level access instead of broad network connectivity.
- This model shrinks the attack surface, blocks lateral movement, and improves the remote user experience.
Best Practices Highlighted
- Phase out network-based remote access paths in favor of zero trust network access (ZTNA).
- Use strong, phishing-resistant MFA and continuous identity verification.
- Limit third-party access to the minimum necessary and continuously monitor activity.
- Connect users directly to applications, not to the network itself.
Key insight for mid-market leaders:
VPN is now being treated as a legacy technology. The organizations that are moving fastest are those that pair a structured VPN exit strategy with a clear, business-aligned zero trust roadmap.
What This Means for High-Performance Mid-Market Organizations
You’re expected to deliver enterprise-grade resilience and security with mid-market budgets and leaner teams. A VPN-driven model that increases breach risk, drags performance, and consumes IT capacity simply doesn’t fit that reality anymore.
- A single VPN-related incident can create outsized impact: prolonged downtime, reputational damage, regulatory scrutiny, and client churn.
- Hybrid work and cloud-first applications demand fast, reliable, and flexible access — not backhauled traffic and overloaded concentrators.
- Your teams need a secure access model that enhances performance and user experience, not one that slows everything down.
- A deliberate VPN exit strategy is now a strategic decision that touches security, operations, finance, and client experience.
That’s where Adams Technology Group steps in as your Technology Performance Partner — aligning secure access architecture with your growth goals and risk profile.
ATG: Your Technology Performance Partner for Zero Trust
Legacy VPNs are no longer just slow and inconvenient — they’re one of the fastest-growing sources of breaches, ransomware attacks, and third-party compromises. We help high-performance mid-market organizations design and implement a modern zero trust access strategy that improves security and performance.
Why Zero Trust Outperforms VPNs
- Eliminate the #1 remote access attack vector: Reduce dependence on exposed VPN gateways and fragile perimeter defenses.
- Stop lateral movement cold: Grant application-level access, not network access, so attackers can’t freely pivot inside your environment.
- Improve performance for your hybrid workforce: Direct, identity-driven access delivers faster, more reliable connectivity than backhauled VPN traffic.
- Reduce operational drag: Replace a patch-heavy, appliance-centric model with a cloud-delivered zero trust platform that scales with your business.
Built for High-Performance Mid-Market Teams
We don’t just turn on a tool and walk away. ATG collaborates with your leadership, security, and IT teams to build an access model that:
- Aligns to your regulatory and client obligations.
- Supports your hybrid workforce and growth plans.
- Delivers measurable improvements in performance and risk reduction.
The outcome: a secure access experience that feels invisible to users and intentional to leadership.