Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS

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2022: Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS Cloud Security Gateway Release

January 27, 2022 the Russian IT- the company Smart Soft announced the entry into the market cloudy of the security gateway, Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS which is the company's own development. The solution includes all the features of a traditional security gateway and provides tiered protection against. IT Infrastructure cyber threats

Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS can protect both the company's virtual and real IT infrastructure. In case of protection of the virtual IT infrastructure server , Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS is located in the virtual LAN of the company and provides the following functions:

• Firewall to protect your cloud IT infrastructure from unauthorized Internet access. A flexible firewall rule system allows you to deny or allow connections based on various criteria and parameters.
• The Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDS/IPS) recognizes the sources of attacks and attacking infrastructure nodes from certain signatures of network traffic and prevents unauthorized access to information resources.
• HTTP-server, reverse, proxy server mail proxy TCPUDP server ,/general-purpose proxy server based Nginx on allows load balancing, implementation of firewall for protection of web applications (WAF), redefine web server headers and process TCP and UDP traffic.

If the subscriber's local IT infrastructure is protected, Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS masks its local network.

Traffic between the LAN and Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS is connected to encrypted VPN. This security format allows you to place behind Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS both one and several local networks, for example, networks of several partner companies, and organize their interaction with each other. To protect your local IT infrastructure, Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS provides all the basic functionality of a traditional solution:

Cyber Threat Protection:

• Firewall. Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS protects devices in the internal network from unauthorized access from the Internet, provides NAT, port querying and packet interception.
• The Traffic Inspector Next Generation (IDS/IPS) system SaaS recognizes the sources of attacks and attacked machines from certain signatures of network traffic and effectively "clears" it.
• Gateway antivirus Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS provides centralized antivirus of user traffic at the gateway level.

Organization and control of Internet access:

• Filtering web proxy allows you to block sites (porn, online games, vacancies, etc.) for individual users and groups using flexible policies and rules.
• Application monitoring (nDPI) through deep inspection of packages allows you to simply and efficiently block applications, such as Skype or BitTorrent.
• Various authentication methods include two-factor. Authentication can be carried out using the local user database, LDAP directory service, Kerberos, Radius server.
• Decoding HTTPS traffic by web proxy. Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS supports interception and decryption of SSL connections and can use URL filtering even for protected traffic.
• Content filtering. The Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS plug-in filters sites by category and content and blocks access to specific sites or Internet services.
• Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS traffic shaping will help improve network performance by differentiating the bandwidth of the Internet channel between users.

Network activity monitoring and reporting:

• Traffic monitoring. Thanks to NetFlow, the subscriber will always have a full understanding of the traffic transmitted through Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS at the "who and when" level.
• Web proxy reports: by visited domains, by URL, by users who generated proxy requests, by devices that sent proxy requests.
• Syslog-based system log contains messages from various Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS subsystems.
• The network screen log contains the IP addresses and source and destination ports, the incoming interface, the processing time of each packet, and the action applied to the packet.
• Visualization of reports: reports on the quality of the Internet channel, on the use of the processor, on the use of RAM, on the number of states of the network screen connection tracer.

Thus, the Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS cloud security gateway is suitable for both companies that have switched to using the cloud infrastructure and companies that use the traditional local area network. In both uses, Traffic Inspector Next Generation SaaS provides customers with the benefits of saving resources, flexibility, and fast scalability. Smart Software provides free testing of Traffic Inspector Next  Generation SaaS. To order free testing, you must send a request to the company.

"Moving to cloud infrastructure is one of the trends driving the IT industry. The growth of cloud infrastructure usage is primarily driven by the potential for savings by not buying and maintaining server hardware. Given this trend, Smart Software has released a cloud-based version of  Traffic Inspector Next Generation, a universal security gateway that allows subscribers to save on implementing and supporting a traditional solution, freeing up IT resources. " noted Smart-Soft CEO Andrei Davidovich