As an LDAP firewall and proxy, a virtual directory can basically provide DLP (data leakage protection) which works by publishing only the data required and searched for by the application. Your Active Directory is made more secure, safe and protection with inefficient queries being transformed in real time making them more efficient. The complete auditing solution for every application which accessed the Active Directory including activities like searches and changes are caught is also something that a virtual directory server can provide when it is used otherwise as LDAP firewall and proxy.

1. Virtual Directory Provides Data Leakage Protection
As an LDAP firewall and proxy, a virtual
directory can basically provide DLP
(data leakage protection) which works
by publishing only the data required and
searched for by the application. Your
Active Directory is made more secure,
safe and protection with inefficient
queries being transformed in real time
making them more efficient. The
complete auditing solution for every
application which accessed the Active
Directory including activities like
searches and changes are caught is
also something that a virtual directory
server can provide when it is used
otherwise as LDAP firewall and proxy.
With the help of a virtual directory server deployed as LDAP proxy, every application is
equipped and provided with built-in failover and the applications are also given with built in
connection pooling to the Active Directory. As a result, it can greatly increase the reliability and
performance of your Active Directory. The amount of time needed to deploy the application is
also reduced by half as it quickly provides application specific views for several data stores in
real time. Barriers on application deployment is also eliminated by a virtual directory and it
tackles changes in Active Directory schema in a virtual and fast way and this provides multiple
forest views without the need for any forest trusts.
A virtual directory server can equip your Active Directory with the protection and security it
needs the most. You can never tell when certain threats to security and attacks can hit your AD
and if it is without any protection, even your most confidential data can be accessed by those
users you do not give permission to. Even those given permission might access data that they
don’t actually search for. All these challenges though can be handled by a virtual directory
server in addition to its ability in providing a centralized view of data coming from different data
stores.