Defender™ is an integrated "network edge" security gateway that helps protect IT environments from Internet-based threats while providing users fast and secure remote access to applications and data.

Usage Scenarios

Defender Server™ provides value to IT managers, network administrators, and information security professionals who are concerned about the security, performance, manageability, or reduced cost of network operations.

Defender Server™ can help you:

  • Securely Publishing Your Content for Remote Access

    Securely Publishing Your Content for Remote Access

    Businesses need to provide employees and partners with secure and appropriate remote access to applications, documents, and data, from any PC or device. Defender Server™ enables organizations to make their Exchange, SharePoint, and other Web application servers accessible, in a more secure way to remote users, outside the corporate network. By pre-authenticating users before they gain access to any published servers, inspecting even encrypted traffic at the application layer in a stateful manner, and providing automated publishing tools, Defender Server™ makes it easier to provide security for corporate applications accessed over the Internet.



  • Connecting and Securing Your Branch Offices

    Connecting and Securing Your Branch Offices

    Businesses need to connect remote-site branch offices to their corporate headquarters, provide security-enhanced internet access from branch offices, and utilize limited bandwidth more efficiently. Organizations can use Defender Server™ to connect to, and secure, their branch offices, while efficiently utilizing network bandwidth. By providing HTTP compression, caching of content (including software updates) and site-to-site virtual private network (VPN) capabilities integrated with application-layer filtering, Defender Server™ makes it easier to securely expand corporate networks and reduces network costs by leveraging existing network connections.



  • Defending Your Environment Against External and Internal Internet-Based Threats

    Defending Your Environment Against External and Internal Internet-Based Threats

    Businesses need to eliminate the damaging effects of malware and attackers through a comprehensive set of tools for scanning and blocking harmful content, files, and Web sites. Defender Server™ can help organizations protect their environments from internally and externally originating Internet-based threats. With a hybrid proxy-firewall architecture, deep content inspection, granular policies, and comprehensive alerting and monitoring capabilities, Defender Server™ makes it easier, by delivering stronger security to manage and protect your network.