NetScaler Unified Gateway: Secure Application Solution Through a Single URL
Due to the rapid change in IT trends, the management of corporate information systems tends to become more complex and absorb a lot of resources, primarily financial ones. As a result, companies are constantly forced to look for new point solutions to meet new needs.
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows you to receive secure remote access through a single URL to applications and data located in the data center or the cloud, including including through all kinds of mobile devices. The product assumes its flexible use, in which you can configure only the necessary functions. According to Gartner, Citrix NetScaler is one of the leaders among application delivery controllers.
The gateway of secure remote access to the network simplifies and consolidates the existing IT infrastructure, simplifies access through a single URL, provides user efficiency with centralized management, reduces the total cost of ownership of the data center.
Working with NetScaler Unified Gateway is a logical continuation of the use of various Citrix products (XenApp, Desktop), in which the user needs to reduce the load, publish applications or use balancing. In addition, the product is indispensable for working with large Web resources or services, when it is extremely important to provide content compression, powerful caching, etc.
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows remote access to XenApp and XenDesktop, as well as all corporate Web-, SaaS- ("Software as a Service") and Citrix-based applications, and significantly improves the performance and stability of any application. Using NetScaler Unified Gateway to deliver XenApp and XenDesktop, you can get rid of the need for a separate VPN with SSL encryption with remote access for corporate and cloud applications.
Key Features NetScaler Unified Gateway NetScaler Unified Gateway
Single Entry Point
provides SAML 2.0-based identity for single sign-on across applications. Users can switch between XA / XD and Enterprise, Web, and cloud applications without having to log in again.
N-Factor Authentication
NetScaler Unified Gateway supports n-factor authentication and allows you to control in detail who and what gets access, how and when access is made. It supports all authentication mechanisms, such as RADIUS, TACACS, NTLM, DIAMETER, SAML 2.0, etc.
Configuring (switching) content
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows administrators to configure only one public IP for single sign-on between applications.
The
NetScaler Unified Gateway user portal supports a custom portal that allows customers to customize it according to their requirements (logo, background color, etc.).
Overview and Monitoring (HDX Insight)
HDX Insight makes it easier for companies to reduce costs and overcome barriers to achieving better application visibility. These obstacles and costs may include the need to deploy network splitters, install software on each server, or equip each application for specialized monitoring. This provides real-time and retrospective monitoring for administrators and support.
Gateway Insight
Gateway Insight provides a collection of user experience for all applications accessed through Unified Gateway. It provides support information for troubleshooting authentication problems, error checking (EPA), single sign-on failures, etc.
Clustering
This feature allows administrators to deploy NetScaler Unified Gateway to access XenApp and XenDesktop in the cluster, where all nodes in the cluster serve traffic. Administrators can use the existing Gateway configuration and easily scale to deploy the cluster without the need to limit the VPN configuration to a single host.
Adaptive Access Control
Policies SmartAccess allows access control based on user identity, user role, end-user device status, location, etc. The XenApp and XenDesktop administrator can create, manage, and enforce these data access policies in the XenApp and XenDesktop environments.
Centralized policy management
SmartControl allows you to manage XenApp and XenDesktop application policies from one place, centrally. NetScaler Unified Gateway allows network security personnel or network administrators to manage various XenApp and XenDesktop policies (print, copy, paste, etc.) on the device’s gateway.
Always connected
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows automatic reconnection of the session if the user moves between networks. Basically, this happens if the user moves from a home network to a working network, or vice versa. NetScaler Unified Gateway provides end-to-end connectivity.
Support for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and IOS platforms
NetScaler Unified Gateway provides SSL encryption of the VPN client for all these OS platforms.
Endpoint Analysis Endpoint
scanning provides devices with a network connection that meets security requirements and organizational procedures. In the event of a failure, users receive support for updating the device and for regulatory compliance.
IPv6 Support
NetScaler offers IPv6 support for common industrial platforms.
NetScaler Unified Gateway and Microsoft EMS
One effective solution is to use NetScaler Unified Gateway as part of Microsoft Enterprise Mobile + Security (EMS). This solution allows administrators to manage access based on user policies according to the user status of the mobile device. Before each user’s session, the mobile device determines whether the device is registered with Microsoft Intune and meets the security policies established by the organization. Only the appropriate verification field allows or denies access.
The following main advantages for customers can be noted:
• Profitability. Using NetScaler Unified Gateway there is no need to obtain a license for each user to create a VPN tunnel with SSL encryption. At the same time, solutions from other suppliers require a fee from each user, which significantly increases the company's IT costs.
• Controlled access. The solution provides an additional level of security, as IT administrators can now define access control policies on local resources such as MS Exchange, SharePoint or any other application based on the end-user status of the mobile device. For a mobile device to have access to local resources, it must be registered with Microsoft Intune.
• Improved end-user device protection. In addition to controlled access to corporate resources by registering a device with Microsoft Intune, this solution provides higher security. The solution allows for deeper scanning of mobile devices for risk factors, such as hacking, outdated antivirus signatures or installed malware. This feature provides registered mobile devices with greater security and centralized manageability.
In addition, NetScaler Unified Gateway enables n-factor authentication. Administrators can choose any procedure, for example, RADIUS, Kerberos, etc. for authentication of end users. These procedures can be selected based on the user's identity, their value, location, end-user device status, etc.
• Best user experience. Through the solution, policies and configurations can be distributed to mobile devices by administrators, eliminating the need for manual configuration by end users. The solution supports iOS and Android devices, without differences in the user interface.
• Full review (End to End Visibility). NetScaler Unified Gateway, with Gateway Insight, provides a complete overview and monitoring of any problems associated with user access to local applications and allows you to speed up their solution.
Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway provides remote access and single sign-on for all applications. Users using NetScaler or NetScaler Unified Gateway for Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop as a single sign-on for all applications in the data center or cloud can also use it to support MDM functionality with Microsoft EMS.
Users using NetScaler Gateway for Citrix XenApp and / or XenApp can rely on NetScaler Unified Gateway if they plan to use Microsoft EMS. NetScaler Unified Gateway helps consolidate remote access and gateway infrastructure and provides a single solution for secure access to all applications.
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows you to receive secure remote access through a single URL to applications and data located in the data center or the cloud, including including through all kinds of mobile devices. The product assumes its flexible use, in which you can configure only the necessary functions. According to Gartner, Citrix NetScaler is one of the leaders among application delivery controllers.
The gateway of secure remote access to the network simplifies and consolidates the existing IT infrastructure, simplifies access through a single URL, provides user efficiency with centralized management, reduces the total cost of ownership of the data center.
Working with NetScaler Unified Gateway is a logical continuation of the use of various Citrix products (XenApp, Desktop), in which the user needs to reduce the load, publish applications or use balancing. In addition, the product is indispensable for working with large Web resources or services, when it is extremely important to provide content compression, powerful caching, etc.
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows remote access to XenApp and XenDesktop, as well as all corporate Web-, SaaS- ("Software as a Service") and Citrix-based applications, and significantly improves the performance and stability of any application. Using NetScaler Unified Gateway to deliver XenApp and XenDesktop, you can get rid of the need for a separate VPN with SSL encryption with remote access for corporate and cloud applications.
Key Features NetScaler Unified Gateway NetScaler Unified Gateway
Single Entry Point
provides SAML 2.0-based identity for single sign-on across applications. Users can switch between XA / XD and Enterprise, Web, and cloud applications without having to log in again.
N-Factor Authentication
NetScaler Unified Gateway supports n-factor authentication and allows you to control in detail who and what gets access, how and when access is made. It supports all authentication mechanisms, such as RADIUS, TACACS, NTLM, DIAMETER, SAML 2.0, etc.
Configuring (switching) content
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows administrators to configure only one public IP for single sign-on between applications.
The
NetScaler Unified Gateway user portal supports a custom portal that allows customers to customize it according to their requirements (logo, background color, etc.).
Overview and Monitoring (HDX Insight)
HDX Insight makes it easier for companies to reduce costs and overcome barriers to achieving better application visibility. These obstacles and costs may include the need to deploy network splitters, install software on each server, or equip each application for specialized monitoring. This provides real-time and retrospective monitoring for administrators and support.
Gateway Insight
Gateway Insight provides a collection of user experience for all applications accessed through Unified Gateway. It provides support information for troubleshooting authentication problems, error checking (EPA), single sign-on failures, etc.
Clustering
This feature allows administrators to deploy NetScaler Unified Gateway to access XenApp and XenDesktop in the cluster, where all nodes in the cluster serve traffic. Administrators can use the existing Gateway configuration and easily scale to deploy the cluster without the need to limit the VPN configuration to a single host.
Adaptive Access Control
Policies SmartAccess allows access control based on user identity, user role, end-user device status, location, etc. The XenApp and XenDesktop administrator can create, manage, and enforce these data access policies in the XenApp and XenDesktop environments.
Centralized policy management
SmartControl allows you to manage XenApp and XenDesktop application policies from one place, centrally. NetScaler Unified Gateway allows network security personnel or network administrators to manage various XenApp and XenDesktop policies (print, copy, paste, etc.) on the device’s gateway.
Always connected
NetScaler Unified Gateway allows automatic reconnection of the session if the user moves between networks. Basically, this happens if the user moves from a home network to a working network, or vice versa. NetScaler Unified Gateway provides end-to-end connectivity.
Support for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and IOS platforms
NetScaler Unified Gateway provides SSL encryption of the VPN client for all these OS platforms.
Endpoint Analysis Endpoint
scanning provides devices with a network connection that meets security requirements and organizational procedures. In the event of a failure, users receive support for updating the device and for regulatory compliance.
IPv6 Support
NetScaler offers IPv6 support for common industrial platforms.
NetScaler Unified Gateway and Microsoft EMS
One effective solution is to use NetScaler Unified Gateway as part of Microsoft Enterprise Mobile + Security (EMS). This solution allows administrators to manage access based on user policies according to the user status of the mobile device. Before each user’s session, the mobile device determines whether the device is registered with Microsoft Intune and meets the security policies established by the organization. Only the appropriate verification field allows or denies access.
The following main advantages for customers can be noted:
• Profitability. Using NetScaler Unified Gateway there is no need to obtain a license for each user to create a VPN tunnel with SSL encryption. At the same time, solutions from other suppliers require a fee from each user, which significantly increases the company's IT costs.
• Controlled access. The solution provides an additional level of security, as IT administrators can now define access control policies on local resources such as MS Exchange, SharePoint or any other application based on the end-user status of the mobile device. For a mobile device to have access to local resources, it must be registered with Microsoft Intune.
• Improved end-user device protection. In addition to controlled access to corporate resources by registering a device with Microsoft Intune, this solution provides higher security. The solution allows for deeper scanning of mobile devices for risk factors, such as hacking, outdated antivirus signatures or installed malware. This feature provides registered mobile devices with greater security and centralized manageability.
In addition, NetScaler Unified Gateway enables n-factor authentication. Administrators can choose any procedure, for example, RADIUS, Kerberos, etc. for authentication of end users. These procedures can be selected based on the user's identity, their value, location, end-user device status, etc.
• Best user experience. Through the solution, policies and configurations can be distributed to mobile devices by administrators, eliminating the need for manual configuration by end users. The solution supports iOS and Android devices, without differences in the user interface.
• Full review (End to End Visibility). NetScaler Unified Gateway, with Gateway Insight, provides a complete overview and monitoring of any problems associated with user access to local applications and allows you to speed up their solution.
Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway provides remote access and single sign-on for all applications. Users using NetScaler or NetScaler Unified Gateway for Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop as a single sign-on for all applications in the data center or cloud can also use it to support MDM functionality with Microsoft EMS.
Users using NetScaler Gateway for Citrix XenApp and / or XenApp can rely on NetScaler Unified Gateway if they plan to use Microsoft EMS. NetScaler Unified Gateway helps consolidate remote access and gateway infrastructure and provides a single solution for secure access to all applications.