Skip to content
Ameen Abozaid
Planned lessonARC-018-L05

Private connectivity to SaaS and partners

  • Lesson 5 of 6
  • Architect
On This Lesson 4 topics

This lesson is planned. The outline below lists the topics it will cover. The full lesson has not been published yet.

In this lesson

connect to SaaS and partners without exposing data to the open internet.

Planned topics

  • Options: private endpoint to a provider-hosted service, dedicated link or VPN to a partner, allow-listed source addresses.
  • Prefer private connectivity for sensitive flows (payments, ERP, partner data).
  • When only the internet is available, combine TLS, mutual authentication, and IP allow-lists.
  • Agree who runs and monitors each link, and what happens on failure.
  • Document each external connection in an inventory.
Draft outline details

Demonstration

a table: external party, data exchanged, connection type, authentication, owner, failure behavior.

Check your understanding

What do you do if only an internet path to a partner exists?

Show answer

Use TLS, strong authentication, and allow-lists.

Practice

Apply this lesson with the module's lab, exercises and quiz.

Lab and exercises Quiz

Marking a lesson complete is optional and you can undo it any time. Your progress stays in this browser.

Continue to next lesson

Type to search levels, phases, modules and lessons.