If you are using Juniper or Cisco to provide SSL VPN access from your corporate network to end users then Secure Auth is an excellent companion to ensure secure a seamless connection from your end user, through your enterprise server and back to your end user using your existing SSL VPN authenticated internet connection.
The process of accessing a corporate network remotely can pose serious security risks; cause moderate downtime and extensive end user training. This compromises the complete infrastructure of a network but is a necessary part of a properly functioning enterprise since it's virtually impossible to have every end user plugged into the mainframe twenty-four hours a day.
Secure Auth for Cisco VPN authentication is a browser-based, bi-directional X.509 certificate authentication solution for Cisco IPSec and Cisco ssl vpns. It works directly with the existing Cisco ASA appliance providing a complete solution delivering the most secure authentication service in existence. This solution offers several distinct advantages over its competitors. It requires no tokens, data servers or additional infrastructure investment and no private enterprise information is stored in the hosted Secure Auth infrastructure. It eliminates the need for an administrator to deploy and upgrade end-user software and its very user-friendly self-registration and automated certificate distribution reduces help desk calls. If that's not enough it also fully supports IE, Firefox and Safari browsers.
Secure Auth also integrates tightly with the Juniper IVE offering browser-based, bi-directional X.509 certificate authentication solutions that mirror that of the Cisco VPN authentication. This allows from seamless transitions from Cisco or Juniper without significant reinvestment in Secure Auth. The juniper version differs from the Cisco version in regards to the fact that it has multi-platform support for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Linux clients.
Secure Auth is scalable to meet individual enterprise needs and offers a full range of services for customizing Secure Auth to meet the needs of any enterprise. This offers a layer of security that has not been available in recent times. As hackers and vulnerabilities become even more prevalent and extremely dangerous to corporate security it's becoming very important to secure software that gives that extra layer of protection. This allows for more integration of remote end users to allow increased productivity while protecting your network from those who should not have access. It also helps to limit the amount of calls to helpdesk to correct integration issues which will help to decrease the cash cost per user thus making IT services more productive and cost efficient to the enterprise.
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K. Green explores ssl vpn authentication, embracing the possibilities and security that Secure Auth offers.