Proxy & Gateway Solutions

With the constant increase in the usage of Internet it has become an essential part of any enterprise. With the increase of internet usage the cons related to it have also increased, virus, spam, phishing, sniffing, spoofing etc. have become very common these days.

Since you would be providing internet to all your users it is very difficult to keep an eye on all the internet related activities.
The Proxy server is used to allow Internet access from inside the protected network hence protecting your entire network setup. The client applications speak directly to the Proxy server and the Proxy server in turn speaks directly to the Internet hosts on behalf of the client, thus acting as a proxy. This interaction allows Internet access to all clients on the internal network, but leaves only one machine, The Proxy server, directly vulnerable to attacks from the Internet.

Security Advantages

• Terminates the TCP connection before relaying to target host (in and out)
• Hide internal clients from external network
• Blocking of dangerous URLs
• Filter dangerous content
• Check consistency of retrieved content
• Eliminate need for transport layer routing between networks
• Single point of access, control and logging

Benefits

1. Protect your Network
1. This solutions protects you from malicious incoming Internet threats such as viruses, spyware, hackers, identity thieves and more.
2. Control your Network
1. Monitor online behaviors oft the users, client at incident level. You can see what web sites are being visited, by whom and on which systems.
3. Monitor Apps & Network
1. Restrict access to inappropriate sites, manage when certain sites can be accessed, and control undesirable Internet activity

• VPN- Secure remote access that encrypts data between the main office and a remote network or computer.
• Bandwidth Monitoring - this add-on gives text & graphic information on how connectivity resources are used.
• Web Caching - Can save up to 40% of the network´s bandwidth by caching frequently visited web sites.
• Web Blocking - Allows the firewall to block traffic to many sites that are cause for concern or liability.
• DMZ Network - A DMZ network is a second network behind the firewall used for services that need to be accessed directly from the internet, such as mail or web services. The DMZ network is still protected by your firewall (so it's safer to run systems that do not have built-in firewall capabilities.) Basically, the private network can access the Internet and the services on the DMZ, but the servers on the DMZ and requests from the Internet cannot reach the private network.