- Mobile VPN
- Remote Access
- Network Access Control
- Internal secure domains
AppGate unifies all the necessary security
elements such as authentication, authorization,
encryption, access control, client control, monitoring and
reporting.
AppGate is truly unique in the sense that it
provides one single solution to many security problems.
Instead of having to use multiple security systems with
poor integration, AppGate does it all in one box and
requires no modification of applications or application
servers. All solutions are rack-mountable and occupy only one rack-unit (1U),
and the model number specifies the relative
performance. In environments with extreme demands, all models can also be clustered for redundancy and
increased performance.
Integrated functionality in one easy-to-use solution helps your organization to increase
the security of your network by providing functions that is usually provided separately
- or not at all.
All Security Servers include AppGate award winning integrated functionality, such as:
- Strong encryption of network traffic with support for multiple
simultaneous user authentication methods
- Compatible with most third party authentication methods
- Policy Management. WHEN, HOW, WHAT and WHICH RULES should apply to anyone that wants to access the network.
- Wide client platform support, from Windows and Unix/Linux
systems to telephones and PDAs with choice of different
client types to suit different types of users.
- Automatic client updates from the Security Server
- Network Access Control enables the security system to check the client’s
configuration before granting access to selected services
- Secure Print. Possibility for remote applications to securely print to locally
attached printers.
- Roaming functionality in client offers automatic reconnect to
the server if the network link goes down. It can be done
without any user interaction with the system and can even
handle change of IP addresses. Roaming is transparent to
running applications.
- Secure Instant Messaging for authorized users with single-sign-on functionality.
- Distributed Personal Firewall for Windows clients with
central administration through the AppGate Policy Manager.
- Easy to use portal-like user interface. The system requires
virtually no user training.
- Customization ToolKit lets administrators customize installation packages as well as the client download web
pages, and the appearance of the clients themselves, in order to simplify usage for both the administrator and the end-user.
The AppGate Security Server can act as the core of the security
solution. It controls user access to protected resources, and its
powerful and flexible authorization database contains rules for
what applications and services should be available to each user.
Powerful authorization
The powerful authorization system can, for instance, state that
local users on the corporate LAN may access a service such as a
network disk during office hours after providing password
authentication, but remote users need to use a smart card for
authentication and must have a personal firewall installed for the
same service to be available. It is possible to state for each
service exactly under what circumstances it should be available.
Remote administration of the system is possible using GUI tools
with different administrator roles. Administrators can quickly
add or delete users as needed, individually or in groups of users
based on their roles, or create automated or scripted updates
when needed.
Logs. All user and administrator activities are logged by
the system. The logs can be very detailed if necessary, down to
every byte being sent and received by an application server.
Alarms can be generated and be sent to external systems for
immediate action through SNMP, Syslog, email, pagers, etc.
Built-in firewall functionality. The server has built-in firewall functionality for complete
protection of itself and the application servers behind it.
Clustering for scalability and redundancy.
The AppGate Security Server supports server clustering for scalability and redundancy, and
the system scales almost linearly: one additional server gives
about twice the performance, etc. Clustering makes the system
ideally suited to not only give remote users access to internal
resources, but also for internal users on the corporate intranet.
Easy to implement and maintain
The system is easy to implement and maintain. Application
servers need not be modified, and traffic can be compressed to
increase performance on slower links and reduce communication
costs for devices where users are charged for the amount
of data being transferred.
The AppGate Security Server can send customized commands
to be executed on the client computer. This client check feature
makes it possible to examine and control how a client is
configured before granting access to all services.
The AppGate Personal Firewall is an add-on product for
Windows workstations. It has no GUI for end-users and is
centrally administered through an AppGate Policy server. The
AppGate Security Server can also demand that a specific rule-set
is active before certain services become available to the user. For
more information about the personal firewall, please see
Distributed Personal Firewall.
Authorized administrators can quickly add or delete users as
needed, individually in groups of users (roles) that share the
same access permissions, or in massive updates to accommodate
mergers and other organizational shifts. All user and
administrator activity is logged and reported.