Extreme Platform ONE™ Security: Accelerating Zero Trust and Simplifying Operations for Network Leaders

In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, IT leaders face mounting pressure to secure connectivity across increasingly complex environments—without sacrificing agility or user experience. Extreme Networks is addressing this challenge with Extreme Platform ONE™ Security, a significant advancement that unifies networking and security operations into a single, integrated solution.

Unified Security and Networking: One Platform, Consistent Enforcement

With zero trust security built into Extreme Platform ONE, the first all-in-one network platform, IT teams are empowered to enforce policies and gain operational visibility across the entire network.

By consolidating network and security workflows, organizations can maintain consistent policy enforcement, streamline operations, and reduce the time spent troubleshooting and resolving issues. The result? Faster response times, improved productivity, and a stronger security posture.

“Integrating networking and security isn’t simply about consolidation; it’s about creating operational clarity,” says Bob Laliberte, Principal Analyst at theCUBE Research.  “When visibility, policy, and control are unified across a single platform, IT teams shift from reacting to risk to proactively anticipating and mitigating it.

“Extreme’s platform brings AI, security, and networking together to deliver a more intelligent, automated, and resilient environment—one that simplifies management, strengthens protection, and enables faster, data-driven decisions across the entire digital infrastructure.”

Rapid Deployment and Seamless Integrations

Gone are the days of lengthy, complex security rollouts. Extreme Platform ONE Security enables organizations to onboard and configure systems in hours not weeks. The platform integrates seamlessly with leading identity providers (IdPs) such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and Google Workspace, as well as mobile device management (MDM) platforms like Microsoft Intune and Google Workspace. These integrations simplify setup, policy assignment, and hygiene management, ensuring consistent enforcement even in environments with multiple IdPs, a common scenario in K-12 and higher education.

Support for local user and device authentication ensures uninterrupted service, even during internet outages, providing greater flexibility and reliability. For academic institutions, education roaming (eduroam) integration allows students and faculty to authenticate using their home institution credentials at any eduroam-enabled location worldwide, streamlining guest access and reducing IT overhead.

Zero Trust, Everywhere

Extreme Platform ONE Security delivers Universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) for users and devices, regardless of location. Whether it is deployed in the public cloud, private cloud, or on premises, organizations can centrally manage policies and authentication, scaling security to meet the demands of hybrid and remote environments. On-premises NAC capabilities provide robust local enforcement for organizations with specific compliance or infrastructure needs.

Automation and AI-Powered Innovation

Extreme’s platform leverages agentic AI to automate policy enforcement, accelerate troubleshooting, and enable data-driven decision-making in real time. Network devices can be configured to enforce security policies with a single click, ensuring policy consistency and unified visibility. Fabric integration automatically applies the security policy as network changes.

"With AI at the heart of the platform,” says Dan DeBacker, Chief Product Officer, Infrastructure at Extreme Networks, “customers move from learning to doing faster than ever. Management becomes greatly simplified, even in the most complex environments, so organizations can maintain agility and flexibility without compromising best-in-class security.”

The platform’s unified alert view further reduces the time needed to resolve issues, empowering IT teams to anticipate and mitigate risks proactively. While Extreme is committed to continuous innovation, the focus today is on delivering tangible business value. The integration of network and security data lays the foundation for future AI-powered capabilities, such as policy assistants and policy optimization agents, which will further streamline operations and support zero trust adoption.

Why It Matters for Network Operations Leaders

“Security is a top priority for business leaders,” notes DeBacker. "And Extreme creates a resilient foundation that accelerates threat detection and mitigation.”

Extreme Platform ONE Security is designed for organizations that demand simplicity, speed, and resilience. By unifying network and security operations, VPs of network operations can:

• Accelerate zero trust adoption with rapid deployment and seamless integrations
• Reduce operational complexity through unified workflows and single sign-on
• Strengthen security posture with automated policy enforcement and real-time visibility
• Enhance user experience with reliable authentication and streamlined connectivity, including support for global academic mobility via eduroam
• Future-proof operations with a platform built for continuous innovation and AI-driven automation.

It’s time to go to new extremes in your network. Extreme Networks continues to push the boundaries of secure connectivity, helping organizations drive value, foster innovation, and overcome extreme challenges. For network leaders, Extreme Platform ONE Security is more than an upgrade, it’s a strategic foundation for secure, agile, and intelligent operations.