Netskope Private Access (NPA) is a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution that functions by steering traffic for specific private applications from a user's device through the Netskope Security Cloud. The fundamental action to enable this service is to configure a traffic steering policy. Within the Netskope admin console, an administrator must create or edit a steering configuration and explicitly enable the option to "Steer all Private Apps." This instructs the Netskope Client, installed on endpoints, to intercept and tunnel traffic destined for the defined private applications, thereby deploying the core ZTNA functionality.

A. OAuth is an authorization framework. While it can be part of a ZTNA identity strategy, it does not enable the core traffic steering mechanism of NPA.

B. NPA primarily uses a client-initiated ZTNA model, not a reverse proxy architecture. SAML is used for user authentication, which is a prerequisite, not the deployment action itself.

D. SCIM is a protocol for automating user provisioning and de-provisioning from an identity provider. It manages user identities but does not activate the ZTNA service.

1. Netskope Official Documentation

Netskope Private Access Deployment Guide

Document Version 101.0.0

Section: "Configure Steering for Private Access

" pp. 25-27. This section explicitly details the procedure for enabling private app steering within a steering configuration as the primary method to direct traffic through the NPA service.

2. Netskope Official Documentation

Steering Configuration

Document Version 101.0.0

Section: "Private App Steering." This document specifies that to use Netskope Private Access

an administrator must select "Steer all Private Apps" for the desired user groups in their respective steering configurations.

3. Rose

S.

Borchert

O.

Mitchell

S.

& Connelly

S. (2020). Zero Trust Architecture (NIST Special Publication 800-207). National Institute of Standards and Technology. Section 3.2

"Tenets of Zero Trust." This publication outlines ZTNA principles

where policy enforcement points (like the Netskope cloud) mediate access

a function enabled by traffic steering

not by identity protocols alone. (https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-207)