Remote Access Network Services

On-the-go access: It is a permanent part of today's business. It's not always easy and it's definitely not cheap. Yet, it's critical to the bottom line. It defines the dealmakers, the producers, and the mobile workers who make things happen from outside the enterprise.

On-the-go infrastructure: Inside, behind the scenes are the IT folks. Smart people managing an often large and complex infrastructure, and remote access is only one area of their charge. Keeping up with the strategic direction of the business is a global challenge where technology changes faster then they can rebudget, let alone retool. Changing strategy involves changing hardware — a costly endeavor.

Comprehensive and Secure Mobile Connectivity

We bring together best-of-breed solutions integrated into a managed comprehensive and secure mobile connectivity solution for your extended enterprise. It is composed of the broadest commercially available, geographical reaching, reliable network in the world.

Our managed VPN service also provides additional security layers and features that protect your data flow at the laptop, the transport, the interconnect, and the enterprise. Our remote access solution incorporates the latest technology in IPSec and SSL and we support all the leading vendors and technologies.

Just what are these best-of-breed solutions?

Global IP Access

SAIC has selected iPass, Inc.® to provide global IP access. This global virtual network operator (VNO) extends your enterprise reach beyond any one network provider on the planet. The iPass virtual network includes more than 160 countries providing wired and wireless broadband services and other transport technologies. It also supports most interfaces such as PCs, Macs, and PDAs.

Managed VPN Solutions

A pioneer in network and computer security, experts at SAIC manage your remote access VPN. Using the robust and extensive network reach of IPass, SAIC manages your VPN and ensures it is both reliable and securely protected. Our network engineers are certified and work with the top Internet hardware vendors, including Cisco, Nortel, Check Point, and others. This leverages your current hardware investment and reduces additional investments. We provide capacity planning, design and management during transition and migration phases.

Personal Firewall, Intrusion Detection, Remediation and Enforcement

SAIC believes the endpoint PC is the most vulnerable element in any remote access solution. To protect the PC, SAIC works with a number of leading vendors such as Zone Labs, Sygate Technologies, and InfoExpress to design and develop a comprehensive end-point security bundle.

SAIC will design, implement and manage your endpoint security based on your business and technical requirements. In most cases, the security bundle contains a Personal Firewall and Enforcement, but can also include Intrusion Detection and Remediation. When bundled together, this powerful combination automatically blocks known and unknown threats, assures updated anti-virus is running, critical patches are installed, ensures security policies are enforced and remediates any non-compliant endpoint PCs. The result is unsurpassed protection for endpoint PCs and the larger enterprise network from costly hacker attacks, including rapidly proliferating worms, Trojan horses, spy ware, and other malicious code.

Strong Authentication

SAIC has extensive experience implementing strong authentication by RSA Security Inc.®, the leader in strong authentication solutions. With RSA Security, mobile and remote access users are afforded an extra layer of security outside the network firewall. Based on strong authentication technology, these solutions provide a more protective alternative to password-based protection. SAIC security engineers have worked to bundle these security solutions to ensure that your VPN is as well protected as it is geographically broad.

As you assess when and where to focus your resources to best effect productivity and your bottom line, consider the managed remote access service offered by SAIC. In addition to refocusing your IT professionals to managing your mission-critical systems and applications, you will have significant cost reductions and productivity gains.

Your bottom line — higher productivity, lower costs, better access.

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