The AEP Netilla® Security Platform (ANSP) is a clientless, SSL VPN appliance that offers secure access to a wide range of centralized application resources, from client/server applications to web-based intranets - all from a web browser. As a dedicated network device, the NSP integrates seamlessly into an existing network and leverages security infrastructures, while offering rapid deployment, easy installation, minimal maintenance, and unparalleled network protection.
The NSP simplifies and secures multi-user, multi-application remote-access environments for diverse users. With the NSP, authorized users can work with an array of applications, including 1) Web-based intranet resources, 2) remotely located client/server applications, and 3) local client/server desktop applications. Access is controlled through the flexible Netilla SecureRealm Framework, which manages privileges through multi-layer user authentication and dynamic policy enforcement from external servers. With any PC, laptop, or terminal, a mobile sales force, telecommuters, branch office employees, and business partners can quickly and securely reach the diverse resources found in today’s IT environment.
Powerful Protection
Netilla’s breadth of security features means that you gain the efficiency and financial rewards brought by simple, timely remote access, while your business-critical resources remain safe from potential risks.
Protection of internal network resources with the Netilla Security Platform (NSP) begins with the browser-embedded SSL (secure sockets layer) protocol for encryption, site authentication, and session integrity. Once a secure connection is established, the NSP offers increased protection to the network by dynamic enforcement of external authentication and rule-based policies that define user privileges. The NSP integrates seamlessly with existing security solutions already in place, such as leading 2-factor authentication systems and the prevailing policy engines that protect today’s enterprise environment. To keep the platform itself protected from intrusion, the NSP incorporates an internal stateful-inspection firewall and an automated security update capability to maintain a hardened position. To further guard private network resources, built-in application layer proxy technology and a dynamic session-based firewall reduce the risk of malicious intrusion from client machines during access sessions.
Application Layer ProxyThe NSP is able to deliver its rich set of application access modes by functioning as an ‘Application Layer Proxy’. Application-layer proxies protect internal data from direct exposure to the Internet in two important ways. First, web and application servers are never directly ‘touched’ by remote users. Access is only through a ‘proxy’ – the NSP itself – that terminates and translates application protocols before they are allowed to reach the internal network.
This powerful story means that an organization can extend applications to remote users over the Internet without having to place application servers in a publicly accessible area. Placing application servers in such a ‘Demilitarized Zone’ (DMZ) would require much hardening to lock down and protect. Instead, with the NSP, application servers can remain safe on the private network behind the firewall, and are never exposed to the public network.
By providing secure, simple, Web-based access to remote applications and data, the NSP gives organizations of all sizes the productivity edge they require to excel. For more technical information about the Netilla Security Platform, visit Netilla’s white paper download page. Second, an application-layer proxy boosts security by applying authentication and policy before allowing connections to application servers. Because termination occurs at the NSP, security can be applied before data requests are transmitted to private network application servers.
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