Environment status tracking, including information on host availability,
login tracking, and local policy change detection enables fast
reaction to anomalies and error situations. SSH Tectia
Manager enables easy tracking of installed software seats
and versions. Batch binary updates and policy distribution allows
for speedy organization-wide delivery of security updates and
policy changes, while minimizing costly system downtime. Hosts
that are offline at the time of the update operation (e.g. laptops)
automatically receive all the pending updates the next time they
connect to the corporate network. Overall environment security
is strengthened, by enforcing consistency of security settings
and latest security updates throughout the organization.
The
management GUI provides a powerful, information rich and easy
to learn tool. It enables effective operations by allowing the
administrators to see the complete picture, past the traditionally
complex security setting syntax.
Security
auditors and corporate policies pose strict requirements on IT
operations. SSH Tectia Manager administrator
access right management enables flexible and role-based combination
of allowed operations and target host groups. All administrator
actions and system events are archived in an audit log.
Environment
scalability has been taken into account throughout the system
design. SSH Tectia Manager is based on a centralized
server, which runs the management logics, provides management
communications to the managed hosts, and stores the environment
data in the Management Database (Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere
8 is provided as a built-in database and Oracle 9.2 has been tested
for interoperability via a third party ODBC driver).
New
hosts and host groups are speedily brought taken under management
by deploying the Management Agent, an agent type service running
transparently in the background capable of self-registering its
host into the management server. All management communications
are secured end-to-end using strong encryption.
SSH
Tectia Manager provides a single point of management
in a multi-platform environment, enabling simultaneous batch operations
and unified reporting over host groups containing MS-Windows,
Linux, and UNIX hosts. It has been designed to co-exist with third
party network management systems, e.g. by allowing log export
to external monitoring systems.
SSH
Tectia Manager is a powerful management platform for
large environments secured by SSH Tectia security middleware.
It effectively lowers the cost of IT administration operations
and enforces higher security in heterogeneous environments.
Key Benefits
Increased
security
Provides consistency of security policy through easy and rapid
configuration of large SSH Tectia environments.
Reduced
operating costs
Reduces time and money spent on installing and upgrading large
deployments.
Ease
of use
Easy to deploy and maintain with powerful Web interface.
Scalability
Can be deployed in enterprises containing thousands of managed
hosts in multiple remote sites.
Powerful
monitoring of network
Provides up-to-date view to the status of the SSH Tectia environment
through advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities.
Software
Deployment and Upgrades
SSH Tectia
Manager provides a centralized depository of SSH Tectia software
components, enabling effective organization-wide batch installation
of software and upgrades. Real-time feedback of installation status
and silent installation packages minimize service downtime. Multi-platform
deployment via a single interface reduces the burden of maintaining
version consistency within a heterogeneous environment. Offline
hosts (e.g. laptops) automatically receive all pending updates
the next time they connect to the corporate network.
Configuration
Management and Deployment
The administration
GUI helps administrators to easily manage detailed security configuration
sets, assign them to hosts and host groups, and perform speedy
configuration updates throughout the entire environment. Server
settings, client settings, and connection profiles are all managed
through a single, intuitive interface and deployed to servers
and workstations across all supported platforms. Automated version
rollback ensures minimal service downtime upon error situations.
Environment
Status Tracking and Log Gathering
SSH Tectia
Manager provides a comprehensive view over the SSH Tectia environment
across all supported platforms. Connection status and host profile
information is easily displayed at all times. Flexible host grouping,
host view management, and role-based administrator privilege management
adapt SSH Tectia Manager to your IT organization and processes.
Administrator audit logs ensure a detailed audit trail. SSH Tectia
server logs are automatically gathered for centralized viewing
and filtering, and log export to syslog enables interfacing with
third party monitoring systems.
Host
Authentication Key Management
In small to
medium sized environments centralized host public key distribution
offers a cost-effective method to implement secure initial connection
establishment between the managed hosts. For large and dynamic
environments, centralized deployment of PKI-related configurations
and automated host certificate enrollment offer further scalability
and reduce the costs of deploying PKI.
