Secure Access Gateways-Ensuring Productivity in Mobile Environment
Technological innovation and the growing customer demands have led to a fast rate of change within the mobile computing sector. With demands from users for easy access to their corporate network and data from locations beyond reach, has paved way for the use of smart phones and tablets as a business productivity tool. The rising mobility and the increasing adoption of cloud based services have further led to need for securing the data traversing through the various networks and mobile devices.
However with demands for high level of remote desktop access, secure access is also undergoing great change. Business enterprises are thus faced with challenges of finding solutions for application availability and without compromising on security and productivity. The use of secure access gateways will help organizations access to critical information while ensuring security through a centralized control.
Secure Access Gateway is like a router involved in data exchange between hand held devices and the file repositories. Though there are a number of firewall and cyber crime detecting software installed, the host server creates a secure channel to the gateway instead of reconfiguring the firewall. Further with innovation such as the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon requires enterprises to be equipped with new line of secure access gateways.
However, to address the challenges of the enterprises, leading service providers have developed a range of scalable and purpose-built appliances that would enable access to traditional enterprise application as well as other services through the cloud based system. To meet the demands of the for an anytime anywhere access the next-generation secure access gateways offer their clientele
· a granular authentication and authorization and application level connectivity for high performance encryption.
· large number of virtualized secure access gateway portals
· supports enterprise-wide connectivity from mobile devices and individual applications
· keeps the mobile devices off the corporate network thus eliminating data leakage
The Secure Access Gateways with a host of features offer unmatched performance, scalability, flexibility and value. Such a rapidly deploy-able, cost-effective solution for secure access across a full range of devices and access methods strengthens the capabilities of cloud and mobile computing. While ensuring security and compliance in business environment, this also meets up to the demands of the increasingly mobile workforce and provides the freedom to be productive irrespective of the location.