As hybrid cloud environments become the norm, organizations face a critical challenge: securing data in motion between on-premises infrastructure and cloud platforms. Unencrypted traffic has emerged as a weak point—both from a security and compliance perspective. In response, Aviatrix and Megaport have announced an expanded partnership that aims to eliminate this risk with software-based encryption at the edge.
The collaboration brings Aviatrix’s High-Performance Encryption (HPE) to Megaport’s global Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) fabric. This approach enables secure, high-speed connectivity across hybrid and multicloud environments—without relying on legacy hardware-based encryption systems that are often expensive and slow to deploy.
Meeting the Encryption Mandate
The shift to zero trust architectures and the growing stringency of cybersecurity regulations are pushing enterprises to rethink how they secure data flows across distributed environments. Threat actors have increasingly targeted gaps between cloud and data center networks, exploiting lateral movement through unencrypted paths.
Traditional hardware solutions like MACsec can be effective, but they introduce limitations around cost, scalability, and deployment time. The Aviatrix-Megaport solution bypasses these issues with a software-defined approach, enabling organizations to encrypt all hybrid traffic with minimal friction.
What the Integration Delivers
With Aviatrix Transit on Edge now integrated into Megaport’s NaaS platform, customers gain a range of capabilities designed to simplify secure connectivity:
These features allow security and network teams to improve response times, reduce exposure to compliance risks, and streamline operations across cloud providers and sites.
Software-Based Security Without the Wait
Enterprises operating in multicloud environments need agility, especially when dealing with fast-evolving cyber threats. Hardware dependencies often create delays in deployment and restrict flexibility. Aviatrix and Megaport’s joint solution removes this bottleneck by extending cloud-native security to the network edge. By shifting encryption and policy enforcement into software, the partnership ensures that data remains protected regardless of where it travels—whether it is between clouds, across borders, or from headquarters to a remote site.
