L7 Remote Security Agent™
The L7 Remote Security Agent is the industry's only product that delivers security and compliance for remote users accessing public instant messaging. L7 Remote Security Agent combined with L7 Enterprise and L7 Enforcer provides the most comprehensive IM security solution available today. With L7 Remote Security Agent, enterprises have an answer to the dilemma posed by remote users, such as traveling salespersons with laptops or home office desktops. The remote user situation is increasingly becoming a major security and compliance hole for today's IT departments. In a survey conducted by Quality Resource Associates, 89% of IT desktop managers felt that remote and mobile endpoints make it harder to remain compliant with IT, financial, regulatory or security policies. In addition, 50% of respondents stated that remote and mobile end-users actually ignore IT policies and regulatory compliance requests. Adding to these problems, laptop computer sales continue to rapidly grow. For example, Dell stated its laptop sales are growing at 30% a year.
L7 Remote Security Agent is a remotely configurable desktop agent that transparently monitors application traffic for instant messaging activity. When public IM activity is detected L7 Remote Security Agent either allows or blocks it based on the configuration. If IM activity is allowed, L7 Remote Security Agent forces all traffic back to the corporate network to enforce security and compliance controls through L7 Enterprise. The L7 Remote Security Agent ensures that all public IM activity on off-network devices is secure and compliant.
L7 Remote Security Agent is remotely configurable and automatically updated on a scheduled basis. It is tamper proof to prevent end users from trying to disable its settings. L7 Remote Security Agent also provides for customizable end user notifications that instruct users on if and how IM is to be used. These notifications will minimize help desk calls as remote users are prevented from connecting directly into the public IM clouds.
With Akonix L7 Remote Security Agent, off-network computers are:
- Protected against IM attacks
- Logged to meet compliance requirements
- Prevented from any unauthorized use of public IM
- Limited to IM applications and features permissible by IT
- Defended against SPIM and other unwanted instant messages
Key Features include:
- Support for all public IM - AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, and Google Talk
- Automatic and scheduled updates
- Silent & automatic installs through SMS and other remote installers
- Tamper proof to prevent disabling
- Transparent to end user
- Customizable user notifications
- Supports Windows XP, 2000 & 2003
For more information, please contact Akonix at sales@akonix.com.
