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The instant and obvious benefits of WiFi have made WLANs a big success
in public, private, and enterprise sectors. Unfortunately, the adoption of
correct security measures for WLANs is lagging far behind the fast pace
at which these networks are being deployed. The presence of WiFi in
most laptops and handhelds, the simplicity of independently installing
WiFi networks, and the ease of exploiting wireless vulnerabilities have
together escalated the risks manifold. Even organizations that do not
own a WLAN are equally at risk.
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The sonic wall clean vpn approach for the mobile work force
1. The SonicWALL Clean VPN Approach for the
Mobile Workforce
A Clean VPN approach delivers layered defensein-depth protection for the core elements of
business communications.
CONTENTS
A Network of Personal Devices
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Endpoints—and Threats—are Everywhere
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The SonicWALL Clean VPN Approach
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Conclusion
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2. Abstract
The consumerization of IT and “bring-your-own-device” policies have made it more challenging for IT to
secure network access for mobile laptops, smartphones and tablets. The SonicWALL® Clean VPN™
approach unites SSL VPN secure remote access and Next-Generation Firewall technology to deliver layered
defense-in-depth protection for the core elements of business communications: the endpoints and users; the
data and application resources; and the traffic connecting them.
A Network of Personal Devices
Employees now work anywhere at any time. In the US alone, half of all information workers now split their
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time between the office, home and other remote locations. Mobile workers need constant access to key
corporate information on the network. The notion that employees conduct business only on IT-issued
equipment within the traditional network perimeter is passé. To extend their workday and increase efficiency,
employees rely upon the same technology—including laptops, smartphones and tablets—they use in their
personal lives.
In fact, the majority of new technologies adopted by enterprises are based in consumer products. This
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consumerization of IT has empowered end-users to determine what computing platforms they use to do
their work, whether in the office, at home or on the road. As a result, IT is losing control over what endpoint
devices connect to the network.
Increasingly, companies are embracing this concept by establishing “bring your own device” (BYOD) policies
that enable employees to select their own personal mobile devices for use at work. Allowing employees to
use their own privately purchased mobile devices also adds the budgetary incentive to offsetting upfront
hardware inventory costs.
There are subtle yet significant distinctions between consumer mobile device platforms. For instance,
laptops generally require greater endpoint control than smartphones and tablets, because these latter
devices typically can only download applications that have undergone stringent white-list screening. (This
does not apply, of course, to devices that have been jailbroken or rooted to allow the downloading of nonwhite-listed apps.) For unmanaged laptops in particular, remote access security demands using reverse
proxy portal access or a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel with endpoint control. This enables IT to see if
the proper security applications are running on the device, and enforce security policy to allow, quarantine or
deny access based on defined security policy.
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Mobile platforms based on Apple iOS and Google Android platforms are generally perceived to be safer
since most application distribution is done through white-listed stores only. Regardless, it would be a
mistake to simply trust either the applications or the data flowing through such devices. Threats do exist,
and there are multiple ways to take advantage of devices if security is not implemented specifically for these
platforms.
Endpoints—and Threats—are Everywhere
Threats and vulnerabilities exist and continue to evolve. To protect the corporate network from these threats,
IT must recognize that all mobile devices should be untrusted and all access outside the corporate network
is beyond IT control. Smartphones and tablets are not immune. Globally, the number of malware attacks on
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Android devices increased 400 percent year-over-year 2010-2011.
There is also potential for data loss and leakage, whether by theft, unauthorized transmission or
unauthorized access, even on supposedly “unhackable” smartphone platforms. Mobile devices can retain
sensitive or proprietary data while connected to the corporate wireless network and then leak it over
unsecured cellular to the web via email attachments and FTP uploads.
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3. IT must take comprehensive measures to protect corporate resources from existing and evolving threats.
Data in flight is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle and eavesdropping attack, and must be encrypted. IT
should scan all data-in-flight for malware, and prevent internally launched outbound botnet attacks that can
damage corporate reputation and get business-critical email servers blacklisted. At the same time, IT should
deploy a solution that is capable of inspecting outbound traffic for data leakage, even if that traffic is
encrypted. A “Clean VPN”—combining SSL VPN with Next-Generation Firewall—can deliver these
protections, and more.
The SonicWALL Clean VPN Approach
SonicWALL Clean VPN delivers the critical dual protection of SSL VPN and high-performance NextGeneration Firewall necessary to secure both VPN access and traffic. The multi-layered protection of Clean
VPN enables organizations to decrypt and scan for malware on all authorized SSL VPN traffic before it
enters the network environment.
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The SSL VPN component of Clean VPN leverages SonicWALL Aventail Advanced End Point Control™
(EPC™) to protect the integrity of VPN access. EPC establishes trust for remote users and their endpoint
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devices (including Windows , Mac OS and Linux -based laptops, Windows Mobile, iOS and Google
Android smartphones, using enforced authentication, data encryption, and granular application-layer access
policy. EPC can determine if an iOS device has been jailbroken or an Android device has been rooted so
that connections from those systems may be rejected or quarantined.
Simultaneously, the Next-Generation Firewall component of Clean VPN secures the integrity of VPN traffic.
It authorizes VPN traffic, cleans inbound traffic for malware and vulnerabilities, and verifies all outbound
VPN traffic in real time. This ensures that end-user data-in-flight receives the same security scanning
whether it is from inside or outside the corporate network. SonicWALL Application Intelligence and Control
provides granular control and real-time visualization of applications to guarantee bandwidth prioritization for
business-critical apps and ensure maximum network security and productivity.
SonicWALL offers administrators the flexibility and scalability of deploying Clean VPN in two ways.
Administrators may establish a Clean VPN by using the integrated SSL VPN on SonicWALL E-Class
Network Security Appliance (NSA) Series, NSA Series and TZ Series Next-Generation Firewalls.
Alternately, they may establish a Clean VPN by combining a SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewall with a
SonicWALL Aventail E-Class Secure Remote Access (SRA) Enterprise solution or SonicWALL SRA Series
solution for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB).
Integrated Clean VPN deployment
In an integrated Clean VPN approach, SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls, featuring Reassembly-Free
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Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) technology, apply tightly integrated intrusion prevention, malware
protection, and application intelligence, control and real-time visualization to SSL VPN traffic from laptops,
smartphones and tablets. SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls scan all inbound and outbound traffic and
scale to meet the needs of the highest-performance networks. Tightly integrated application intelligence,
control and visualization helps administrators control and manage both business and non-business related
applications to enable network and user productivity. An integrated Clean VPN approach enables
administrators to prioritize bandwidth available over the SSL VPN for business-critical applications. For SSL
VPN access over SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls, SonicWALL NetExtender provides thin-client
access for Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS, and Linux-based systems.
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4. SonicWALL Mobile Connect™ unified client app solutions for iOS and Google Android provide smartphone
and tablet users with superior network-level access to corporate, academic and government resources over
encrypted SSL VPN. Only SonicWALL offers Clean VPN™ (when deployed with a SonicWALL Next®
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Generation Firewall) to authorize, decrypt and remove threats from iOS (Apple iPad , iPhone , and iPod
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touch ) or Android traffic over SSL VPN outside the network perimeter. Additionally, SonicWALL Application
Intelligence and Control allows organizations to define and enforce how application and bandwidth assets
are used.
Combined Clean VPN deployment
A combined Clean VPN approach features all of the security and SSL VPN elements an integrated Clean
VPN deployment, plus the additional SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA capability to perform device
interrogation and enforce policy-based endpoint controls.
SonicWALL EPC (available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux-based devices) integrates unmanaged
endpoint protection, Secure Virtual Desktop and comprehensive cache control. EPC offers advanced
endpoint detection and data protection for enterprises, by interrogating endpoint devices to confirm the
presence of all supported anti-virus, personal firewall and anti-spyware solutions from leading vendors such
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as McAfee , Symantec , Computer Associates , Sophos , Kaspersky Lab and many more. When used in
conjunction with SonicWALL Mobile Connect policy-based identification and enforcement also extends to
iOS and Android. This allows IT to enforce a DeviceID, restrict devices from which users can log in, ensure
the presence of client certificates, and determine whether an iOS device has been jailbroken or an Android
device that has been rooted.
When combined with SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewall as a Clean VPN, E-Class SRA delivers
centralized access control and malware protection. SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA delivers full-featured,
easy-to-manage, clientless or thin-client “in-office” connectivity for up to 20,000 concurrent mobile-enterprise
users from a single appliance. E-Class SRA enhances productivity and business continuity with policyenforced remote access to network resources from Windows, Windows Mobile, Apple Mac OS, iOS, Linux,
and Google Android devices.
Built on the powerful, best-of-breed SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SSL VPN platform, E-Class SRA connects
only authorized users to only authorized resources. Moreover, SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA solutions
support Vasco, RSA, Active Directory, LDAP, RADIUS and SAML, as well as integrated One-Time
Password (OTP) generation for two-factor authentication.
A combined Clean VPN approach incorporating a SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA solution is able to:
Detect the integrity of users, endpoints and traffic from beyond the traditional network perimeter
Protect applications and resources against unauthorized access and malware attacks
Connect authorized users with appropriate resources seamlessly and easily in real time
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5. An administrator can also establish a combined Clean VPN by connecting a SonicWALL Next-Generation
Firewall with a best-selling SonicWALL SRA Series for SMB solution. The SRA Series offers clientless and
tunnel access for Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS, iOS, Linux and Android, plus optional Web
Application Firewall and multi-platform remote support. The SRA for SMB Series offers small- to mediumsized businesses granular unified policy, two-factor authentication, load balancing and high availability. The
SRA Series lets authorized mobile workers and contractors connect over SSL VPN using a standard web
browser. Easily and flexibly deployed into virtually any network with no pre-installed clients, the SRA Series
eliminates costs of deploying and maintaining traditional IPSec VPNs. SonicWALL Virtual Assist permits
Windows-based technicians to support Windows, Mac OS or Linux devices remotely.
Moreover, the SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS) allows administrators to configure and
manage their combined Clean VPN implementation from a single management interface. SonicWALL GMS
delivers a flexible, powerful and resilient platform to centrally manage and rapidly deploy SonicWALL
appliances and security configurations. In addition, it provides centralized real-time monitoring, and delivers
comprehensive policy and compliance reports for even the most stringent auditing and regulatory
compliance requirements.
In addition, SonicWALL Analyzer delivers an easy to use web-based traffic flow analytics and reporting tool
that provides real-time and historical insight into the health, performance and security of the network.
Analyzer supports SonicWALL firewalls, backup and recovery appliances, and secure remote access
devices while leveraging application traffic flow analytics for security event reports. Organizations of all sizes
benefit from enhanced employee productivity, optimized network bandwidth utilization increased security
awareness. SonicWALL is the only firewall vendor that provides a complete solution combining off-box
application traffic flow analytics combined with granular IPFIX data generated by SonicWALL firewalls.
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