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Dell SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access 100 Series OS 8.5 Offers Enhanced Security
June 2016 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Dell Security announced the release of Dell SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series OS 8.5, which provides mobile and remote workers at small- and medium-sized businesses with policy-enforced SSL VPN access to mission-critical applications, data and resources without compromising security.
The new enhancements to the Dell SonicWALL SMA 100 Series OS provide greater control and ease-of-use for companies in setting policy controls, allowing users to access the data they need from the devices they use and without skimping on security. The SMA 100 series is compatible with all commonly used devices across Windows, iOS, Mac OS X, Android, Linux, Kindle Fire, and Chrome, to provide mobile users secure access to network resources including shared folders, client-server applications, intranet sites, email, and remote and virtual desktop services.
This helps IT to become the “Department of YES” by enabling administrators to configure security policies that provide best-in-class, context-aware authentication that grants access only to authorised users through trusted devices. New functionality enhancements in OS version 8.5 include:
– Policy Wizards ? Easy-to-use wizards to deploy policies for OWA, ActiveSync, Outlook Anywhere and Autodiscover.
– HTML5 Enhancements ? Provide end users with a rich access experience within their own choice of web browser, eliminating their need to download, install and maintain additional software on their systems. Everything can be run from within the context of the browser window, making connection to resources very easy and with zero-day support of all major operating systems and browsers.
– Virtual Host Multicore Support ? Increases resource capacity of host resources that can be accessed by SMA to provide greater reliability and performance at higher concurrencies of connected users. With this additional resource capacity, concurrent user maximum increases from 50 to 250. Lastly, to align across the entire portfolio, this product previously known as “SRA SMB Virtual Appliance” has now been renamed “SMA 500v.”
In addition, noteworthy recent functionality enhancements to Dell SonicWALL SMA 100 series include:
– Web Application Firewall (WAF) Enhancements ? Helping to secure internal web applications from remote users, the Dell SonicWALL award-winning WAF engine has been enhanced to detect against additional exploits and threats. This allows customers to ensure that confidentiality of data and internal web services remains uncompromised if a malicious or rogue authenticated user should gain access.
– Geo IP Detection and Botnet Protection ? Grants customers with a mechanism to allow or restrict user access from various geographical locations. This also provides additional protection from a compromised endpoint participating in a botnet, further verifying the validity of the connecting device.
– End Point Control (EPC) Enhancements ? Various enhancements to the SMA EPC engine provide greater assurance that the endpoint accessing the network is trusted and not malicious.
Availability:
This SMA 100 Series OS 8.5 upgrade will be available for download in July at no cost to customers with active support contracts in place.
