Let’s face it, the new normal is a complex, digital workspace, where users work from anywhere, and the notion of a clearly defined digital safety zone has gone the way of the floppy disk. These changes have forced organisations to throw away traditional ideas about where their network perimeter is and instead, think about how to protect their employees, applications, and data.
Remote working employees expect more from their internet connection and security providers than many enterprises have been able to provide, opening all user data to the risk of theft and all business-critical applications & data to attack. The APAC region has seen a marked increase in cyber-attacks since the beginning of 2020, drawing the attention of citizens, IT professionals and cyber-criminals alike.
Cybercriminals make use of proxy servers and VPN’s to anonymously surf through networks, seeking valuable information, while users at the office take advantage of the anonymity a proxy server provides to download, surf, stream and access potentially dangerous websites and applications. This unrestricted access has caused a strain on bandwidth for every enterprise, caused a slow-down of operations, put data at risk, and increased dissatisfaction among users and employees.
All this forces CIOs into a more prominent position than ever before. According to a recent Gartner's report, 85% of the Southeast Asian CIOs have better & strengthened relationships with their CEO because of the digital transformation changes brought by the pandemic. CIOs are expected to provide strategic changes to the new hybrid work from anywhere (WFX) model. With many employees working remotely and some still working on-site, the IT team must find a way to provide everyone with the same convenient & secure access to the company network as if they were all in the office.
Sangfor Secure Internet Access Solution
Sangfor’s modular XDDR (eXtended Detection, Defence & Response) & Secure Internet Access (SIA) Solutions quickly and seamlessly protect local and cloud assets while allowing secure access for remote users. The keys to SIA’s value proposition are Sangfor’s Internet Access Gateway (IAG), deployed on-premises or in the cloud, and Sangfor’s new cloud SASE, Sangfor Access, for organisations who need smaller infrastructure while expecting better management functionality and security for applications and data.
As an established and industry-leading secure web gateway solution and more, Sangfor IAG has been listed in the Gartner SWG Magic Quadrant, the go-to place for IT industry information and research, for 10 consecutive years. Previously known as Sangfor IAM (Internet Access Management), Sangfor IAG is the premier Internet behaviour management solution with professional internet bandwidth management, application control, URL filters, traffic control, information control, illegal hotspot/proxy control, behaviour analysis, and wireless network management, and many other ground-breaking features.
Sangfor IAG blocks access to non-business-related sites and distractions, maximises bandwidth usage and availability, minimises leakage and regulatory risks, and enhances intranet data security. IAG also provides immediate visualisation and comprehensive control of wireless applications, enables unified internet behaviour management for wired and wireless networks, and simplifies legal compliance with cross-regional controls.
Sangfor IAG serves more than 20,000 customers in every industry, including global enterprise leaders across the APAC region. Enterprises use Sangfor IAG across many use cases, chief among them the proper allocation of bandwidth to resources and protection against the use of proxy tools within the network – making all actions visible, manageable, and productivity-friendly for the business and all its users.
Case Study: UMW Holdings Berhad
UMW Holdings Berhad, one of Malaysia’s leading industrial enterprises serving Malaysia and the APAC region, struggled to manage numerous branch offices with their previous secure web gateway appliance. UMW staff and guests had unrestricted access to any URL and application, reducing the bandwidth available to business-critical applications. While compliance regulations dictated that UMW must strictly manage proxy tools, they could not restrict proxy access on their network. Their IT administrators were unable to report to directors on their internet, user, and application usage, leaving them powerless to solve their network and bandwidth issues, causing latency and jitter for many of their critical applications, and drastically impacting efficiency.
UMW now uses Sangfor IAG to manage their network & applications, monitor all users, filter out malicious URLs, and block productivity-sucking applications. Sangfor Neural-X threat intelligence provides continuous proxy IP and domain updates, helping UMW block potentially malicious connections. IAG reporting and monitoring provides fully customisable reports giving a more granular view of network traffic statistics. With IAG, UMW can now identify the root cause of all network congestion in real-time. Finally, IAG’s dynamic bandwidth management provides:
● Guaranteed channels for each critical application and services.
● Reducing the strain on bandwidth.
● Reallocating any unused bandwidth to essential applications when needed.
Why Sangfor technologies?
The time for apologies is over, as users become savvier to the ways of cyber attackers and the destruction they can cause. “We didn’t know…” no longer flies when business halts and customers lose everything to cyber attackers. Sangfor Technologies understands the importance of the customers’ security. To help organisations fight cyber threats during the pandemic, Sangfor is proud to announce a free incident response service (#IR) to its Thailand customers. First come, first served! Visit our website for more information: https://www.sangfor.com.