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.
