Remote access enables off-site users to access and process centralized information as though they were in the office. Additionally, organizations are using remote access to prepare for local emergencies, when employees can't get to the office.
Growth in the number of remote users, hours of use, and variety of accessed applications has exposed gaps in the current approaches to remote access:
- Direct dial-up is slow and expensive, compared with Internet-based solutions
- As outside attackers become more aggressive, the many open connections require stronger threat protection
- Inadequate access controls for remote users can compromise established practices for compliance
- Extending inefficient application protocols outside of the LAN creates network delay, degrading application performance below useful levels
- Traditional solutions require client software, carrying a heavy IT administrative overhead
Juniper
Networks addresses these gaps with a solution that secures remote access over the Internet, while protecting internal resources, and accelerating applications. Key advantages of the approach include strong security, high scalability, high availability, and ease of support.
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riptionJuniper Networks enables remote users - including teleworkers, mobile users, and partners - to securely access and use corporate applications as though they were in the office.
Extending applications to remote users via the Internet enables wide reach at low costs, but also opens an organization to new risks if the design and operations are inadequate. Legacy solutions, such as direct-dial links and client-based tunnels, do not sufficiently support today's extended requirements to fully secure, protect, and accelerate remote applications access. The Juniper Networks solution for remote access meets the following needs.
Secure the EndpointEncrypted tunnels allow remote users to directly connect to the corporate network from their user device. SSL is the recommended
VPN option, because it supports browser-based encryption without special client software or remote equipment. Juniper Networks
SSL VPN platforms combine VPN and endpoint security, policy-setting, scanning, and enforcement into a single, clientless system for lowest total cost of ownership. Only Juniper Networks SSL platforms provide the most extensive set of open interfaces and tools for backend integration to both existing desktop compliance systems and user applications, including Web-based and traditional client interfaces.
Authenticate the EndpointControl how users can access your network and applications by defining policies in authentication servers. Our SSL platforms integrate with many different standards-based systems, including our own RADIUS/AAA server products from
Funk Software. Unlike other RADIUS/AAA servers, our systems let you apply policies to all users, regardless of their network access method. The approach significantly increases the security of the network, eliminates security gaps, and streamlines network administration.
Protect the Central SiteThe foundational requirement of any remote solution is strict enforcement of remote access standards. By implementing strong access control policies in the corporate firewalls, organizations can stop rogue methods of access. Juniper Networks
firewalls integrate stateful firewall with Deep Inspection technology and IPSec VPN, and include data center models with integrated IDP, to deliver advanced security with high availability and integrated management.
With many remote users alternating between secure remote access and Internet browsing, intrusion prevention platforms add an important layer of protection. Juniper Networks
IDP series provides zero-day protection against worms, Trojans, and other malware, by identifying and stopping network and application-level attacks.
Accelerate the ApplicationsApplication acceleration addresses the challenges of performance degradation and infrastructure optimization with front-end systems that manage and enhance remote access to Web-based applications. Juniper Networks
DX platforms accelerate applications, combining multiple front-end functions into one device. By offloading the servers and buying back as much as 80 percent of their processing power, the DX platforms not only reduce application delay, but also lower costs through fewer servers and licenses. Only the DX series offers ActiveN mesh and OverDrive, an API that opens control over processing actions within the DX platform, on complete content streams, based on specific events or field values.
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- Juniper Networks Secure Access SSL VPN - Performance and Scalability with Juniper Networks DX
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Today, enterprises are challenged with explosive growth in their remote access user community and SSL VPN is the defacto standard for providing this connectivity. However, performance challenges posed by Web applications over the WAN, can lead to loss of revenue and productivity as remote access users experience sluggish applications. Juniper Networks market leading Secure Access SSL VPN appliances, combined with Juniper Networks DX appliances, provide enterprises with a best-inclass solution for optimizing remote access needs and preventing productivity loss. - Raising Productivity in the Extended Enterprise575 KB
An overview of the extended enterprise benefits and requirements, including a case study.
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