Citrix Access Gateway is a secure application access solution that provides administrators granular application-level control while empowering users with remote access from anywhere. It gives IT administrators a single point to manage access control and limit actions within sessions based on both user identity and the endpoint device, providing better application security, data protection, and compliance management.
CAG Features
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Secure Virtual Desktops and Applications
Citrix Access Gateway is the first SSL VPN built to deliver both secure virtual desktops and applications. It also provides standard SSL VPN features to ensure easy access to files, email, and other resources regardless of the user’s location.
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Flexibility in access control and data security
SmartAccess technology allows administrators to manage access control and set policies that define acceptable actions based on user identity and the configuration of the endpoint device. For example, a user may have full access (read, save locally, print, etc.) to a set of files when utilizing her office PC-–but may be restricted to read-only access in less secure remote access scenarios such as connecting through an unrecognized kiosk device. Similarly, if an employee tries to log in to the corporate network via a home PC that does not have an active anti-virus update service, that employee may not be able to access certain mission-critical systems. With SmartAccess, administrators are equiped with ultimate flexibility to develop and implement corporate policies that enforce data and application security.
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Leading SSL VPN performance and scalability
Citrix offers industry-leading performance and scalability with appliance solutions that scale to more than 10,000 concurrent users per device. When deployed in conjunction with Citrix Branch Repeater solutions, Citrix Access Gateway provides accelerated access to secure virtual desktops and applications for users. Easy to deploy, administer and use Access Gateway delivers the best user and administrator experience of any SSL VPN solution on the market:
Users – Access Gateway was designed from the ground up to provide an excellent user experience. Single point of secure remote access and single sign-on capabilities minimize the number of authentication prompts, creating easy navigation to all key resources–-including Windows® applications (delivered with or without Citrix XenApp™), desktops delivered by Citrix XenDesktop, e-mail, file shares, internal Web applications and more. Additionally, always-on access ensures sessions are automatically reconnected after losing a network connection or roaming between access points.
Administrators – Access Gateway provides fast, easy and cost-effective deployment and ongoing management. The client is Web-deployed and is automatically updated without user intervention, and management tools are highly intuitive. Organizations can easily provide mobile and remote users with desk-like access from any location-–without the cost and complexity of installing, configuring, updating and supporting client software on each device.
The best SSL VPN solution for XenApp
Access Gateway provides market-leading secure application access with or without XenApp. Additional benefits provided when Access Gateway is deployed with XenApp include:
Access Gateway provides the same benefits as the Secure Gateway feature of XenApp.
SmartAccess allows unmatched control over Windows applications delivered by XenApp to ensure application security.
Bottom line – Using Access Gateway with XenApp delivers the benefits of a hardened appliance-based universal SSL VPN—increasing security, extending user access and reducing costs when compared with utilizing Secure Gateway.
