Billion Electric Co., Ltd. has launched the world’s first 802.11n SSL VPN Security Gateway. Called the BiGuard S100N, the new system is designed to meet the mobility and security needs of Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs).
Featuring integrated, portal-based wireless NAC (Network Access Control), the BiGuard S100N enables employees or visitors to roam securely and seamlessly between subnets in an office building without the risk of unauthorized access to the corporate network. By establishing encrypted SSL VPN tunnels, mobile workers can securely access the intranet from any location.
With integrated next-generation WiFi following the draft 802.11n standard and Gigabit WAN and LAN ports, the system provides the speed needed for critical business applications and heavy bandwidth applications such as video streaming. “Energy efficient” features such as Smart Power Saving and Wake On LAN (WOL) allow the corporate networks to be more environmentally friendly and reduce operating costs without compromising network performance.
The BiGuard S100N includes four layers of security features: wireless NAC (Network Access Control), SSL and IPSec VPN security, standard wireless security and robust firewall security function, and One Time Password.
Portal-based Wireless NAC (Network Access Control)
The Wireless NAC (Network Access Control) technology allows IT managers to set up to four SSIDs (Service Set Identified), to separate the traffic of guests and employees with different authorised access to different parts of the network.
In addition IT administrators can control user privileges: Bypass, Authentication, and Authentication plus SSL VPN. By setting up different privileges, hackers or intruders are kept outside the authentication SSL VPN web portal even if they successfully crack the wireless encryption. This completely protects the corporate network from security treats.
SSL VPN and IPSec VPN Security
The BiGuard S100N supports a range of enterprise-class security features including IPSec and SSL encryption to ensure the security of data transmission and user access authorization. This combination provides excellent deployment flexibility to small business operations, meeting the requirements of any remote access users – visitors to the organization, business partners, branch offices or mobile workers.
Standard Wireless Security and Robust Firewall Security
Wireless Protected Access (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK) and Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) ensures high-level data protection and WLAN access control. Integrated Firewall, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Denial of Service (DoS) prevention and URL filtering on the S100N guard the network against malicious attacks. In addition the firewall features an e-mail alert service that is activated whenever an attack occurs.
Two-factor authentication with the optional BiGuard One-Time Password
BiGuard One-Time Password is a car-key sized dongle that can be used to enhance the security and the credibility of audit trails through strong, two-factor authentication. It can dynamically generate a 6-digit PIN. Combined with existing static passwords this results in a greatly reduced risk of unauthorized access to corporate network resources by intruders.
The challenges SMBs are facing have never been greater. The current credit crunch has had a tremendous impact on the global economy and small and medium-sized businesses will have to boost their productivity and reduce operational expenses to survive.
The wireless NAC features built in to the BiGuard S100N provide staff with more flexibility and secure wireless connections to the corporate network, and raise productivity and efficiency of the business. The guest account setting allows visitors to the organization to access the wireless network, creating a professional and positive image of the company with customers, partners and visitors.
In addition, the BiGuard S100N integrates cutting-edge SSL VPN technology. SMBs can establish private encrypted tunnels, without the need to pre-install VPN software on client PCs, enabling staff to securely access corporate resources from any location through the public Internet.
The new solution offers corporate-class advanced SSL VPN connections such as Network Extender, and Application Proxy. Remote users using a variety of browsers, platforms and operating systems can access files in the central office.
Billion Electric Co., Ltd., www.billion.com.
