Breaking News - Security:
Netilla Security Platform SSL VPN Features Security Safeguards
Netilla Networks, a provider of simple, secure application access, announced a
major upgrade to its Netilla Security Platform (NSP) and Secure Gateway
Appliance (SGA) SSL VPN product families. dynaTRUST Release 5.0, the latest
version of Netilla's operating system (O/S), provides these benefits:
- Major enhancements to the Netilla V-Realms Client Identity Engine, which
enforces multiple sets of unique authentication and authorization policies for
distinct user groups. The enhancements include full integration of client
integrity for host integrity checking, cache cleaning and secure desktop;
support for client- certificates with certificate revocation lists used in PKI
infrastructures; and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
authentication and group policy.
- Powerful new protections against Web application security vulnerabilities,
including cookie snooping, denial of service (DOS) attacks, authentication
hijacking and TCP fragmentation. Such vulnerabilities represent a growing
threat, according to the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), a
group of IT security professionals that has compiled an annual list of the 10
most critical Web application security flaws.
- Up to a tenfold performance increase for certain applications.
"As secure application access continues its transition from early adopters to
the mass market, user-focused features like ease of use, client integrity and
performance will become even more important," said Reggie Best, president and
CEO of Netilla Networks. "Our new dynaTRUST Release 5.0 extends Netilla's
acknowledged leadership in simplicity and ease of use for both network
administrators and remote users, while strengthening client integrity and web
application security protection."
With Release 5.0, Netilla has integrated Sygate On-Demand into its V- Realms
framework, allowing its powerful endpoint security to be provided on a
per-realm basis. Sygate On-Demand allows companies with little control over
non-corporate owned endpoints to ensure compliance with corporate security
policy before allowing access to enterprise resources. By verifying the
security integrity of a device, creating an encrypted virtual desktop
environment, and then erasing the data from the system upon termination of the
session, Netilla customers now enjoy even greater levels of security in
accessing web-based applications without compromising network integrity.
"The deep integration of our Sygate On-Demand with Netilla's Release 5.0 makes
it even easier for companies to implement endpoint integrity safeguards as
they roll out remote access to their employees and trusted business partners,"
said John De Santis, CEO and president of Sygate Technologies. "With advanced
capabilities such as Secure Desktop and Host Checking, Sygate On-Demand gives
users the freedom to securely access their applications from any computer --
including Internet cafes or airport kiosks."
Expanded Netilla V-Realms Engine For More Flexibility In Policy-Enforced
Access
Netilla's advanced V-Realms Client Identity Engine simplifies the creation and
enforcement of authentication, entitlements, and client integrity rules for up
to 1,000 distinct groups, which can encompass employees, partners and
affiliated authorized users (such as physicians affiliated with a hospital).
For example, financial personnel assigned to Realm 1 could have access to
financial applications, while sales personnel in Realm 2 might have access
only to CRM and email applications, combined with different authentication and
client integrity rules for each group. A network administrator can accomplish
all of this with just a few mouse clicks using Netilla V-Realms.
More Robust Performance, Broadest Application Access
Netilla dynaTRUST Release 5.0 provides clear-cut enhancements for working with
the broadest range of applications:
- Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) and other web-based applications: For
the growing number of remote users with broadband connections, Netilla's web
reverse proxy turbocharges web application performance by offloading
client-side HTML translation to the server. Separately, Netilla's Web reverse
proxy can now support more than 95 percent of Web-based and intranet
applications, thanks to enhancements to its Java Applet Rewrite Module (JARM).
Intelligent support for ActiveX allows the selective use of ActiveX components
for compatibility with more Web applications, but without falling back on
less-secure port forwarding technology.
- Client/server applications: Netilla's Virtual Adapter establishes a
network-layer SSL connection between client applications and remote servers.
By eliminating performance bottlenecks, upload speeds for applications such as
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) uploads have been increased by up to tenfold.
- Windows Terminal Services: Netilla provides secure remote access to Windows
Terminal Services, enabling native, full-function support for any Windows
application, including Outlook, Office and any third- party Windows program.
For Release 5.0, Session Persistence maintains a remote session in an active
state during brief network interruptions.
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