Citrix

Access Gateway

Best SSL VPN Solution

Citrix Access Gateway™is a universal SSL VPN appliance that provides a secure, always-on, single point-of-access to all applications and protocols.

Access Gateway is deployed in an organization’s DMZ, and secures all traffic with standards-based SSL.  Remote users connect via an easy-to-use, Web-downloaded and -updated client, enjoying a rich desk-like experience.  Always-on access automatically and seamlessly reconnects users to their documents when they change locations and devices, or lose connectivity. 

Integrated end-point scanning ensures user devices remain safe for connection to the corporate network.  Access policies determine the level of user access, based on administrator-defined rules and end-point analysis.

Access Gateway delivers the best access experience for everyone: secure access to corporate data for the business, easy access for users, and simple administration and low costs for access for IT.

Introducing 4.2
Access Gateway 4.2 offers unprecedented information control capabilities with Advanced Access Control, a unique software option that increases control over how information is accessed, and extends access to more devices and users. With Advanced Access Control, access becomes like a dimmer switch, where the right level of access can be dialed and configured for any access scenario.

Introducing an Opportunity to Solve Your Business and IT Challenges
Access Gateway combines the best features of IPSec and SSL VPNs and delivers the best access experience of any SSL VPN in the market.

The result?

• A single point of secure access to any application or IT resource, both data and voice – Access Gateway provides secure access to any application hosted on Citrix Presentation Server, as well as distributed Windows and UNIX applications, direct-access Web applications, network file shares, and even telephony services using VoIP softphones.
  
• Low total cost to purchase and maintain – Access Gateway is fast, simple and cost-effective to deploy and maintain via its Web-deployed, auto-updating client. Organizations can easily provide their remote and mobile users with desk-like access from any location – without the cost and complexity of installing, configuring, updating and supporting client software on each device.
  
• Best user experience – Access Gateway automatically and seamlessly reconnects users to their applications and documents when they change locations and devices, and gives users at any location the same access experience that they have at their desktop. For example, a user can be connected at a customer or partner location, close his laptop and disconnect from the network, return to the office, and then be automatically reconnected – all without a single keystroke.
  
• Strengthened data security – Access Gateway is implemented as a secure-by-design hardened appliance within an organization’s DMZ. Integrated end-point scanning provides a combination of login and continuous, end-point scanning to ensure that a device is safe to remain connected to the network.

Extend Access with Advanced Access Control
Advanced Access Control is a software option that adds extensive SmartAccess and SmoothRoaming capabilities, increasing control over how information is accessed and extending access to more devices and users.

With Advanced Access control, administrators can configure Action Rights – controlling not just what data can be accessed, but what actions the user can perform, such as print, save, launch, and view.  Manages both what can be accessed and what actions are permitted based on the user’s role, location, and Advanced End-Point Analysis.  The level of access is automatically reconfigured as users roam between devices, locations and connections.

Deliver browser-only Access to email, files, documents and web applications. Mobile Device Awareness automatically re-factors content to support PDAs and other small screen devices.

Gain extensive policy-based control over Presentation Server published applications, including control of virtual channel functions (e.g., local printing and client drive mapping). Administrators can define policies to tightly control the availability of Presentation Server-hosted applications and features, depending upon the access scenario.

Policy engine and enforcement decisions are implemented on a Windows 2003 server inside the protected network, resulting in greater security than provided by typical SSL VPNs.

Citrix Access Gateway is the only SSL VPN on the market offering the level of control and access available with Advanced Access Control.

The best SSL VPN to use with Citrix Presentation Server
Citrix Access Gateway can be deployed with or without Citrix Presentation Serve™. Customers using Presentation Server can deploy the Access Gateway to emulate the secure gateway feature, allowing direct connection from Presentation Server clients. Using the Access Gateway with Citrix Presentation Server delivers the benefits of a hardened appliance-based universal SSL VPN, increasing security and extending user access.

Enhance SmartAccess to Citrix Presentation Server by delivering advanced policy-based control of Presentation server applications and individual features, such as print and save. SmoothRoaming™ enhancements allow users to move seamlessly between access scenarios and devices, automatically adapting access to the configuration policy settings.

The best remote access solution
The Citrix Access Gateway universal SSL VPN is the best remote access solution — from the most trusted name in secure on-demand access. No other SSL VPN offers such an efficient cost-effective remote access experience.