Pulse-Connect-Secure Datasheet 112119 PDF
Pulse-Connect-Secure Datasheet 112119 PDF
Product Description
Product Overview Enterprises and service providers have the difficult challenge of providing location-
anddevice-independent network connectivity that is secure and capable of controlling
With the digital world, the
resource access for authorized users. Breaches and threats continue to spiral out of
secure access world has
control, and increasing numbers of employees and users want to use their own personal
become complex, with the
productivity solutions. Pulse Connect Secure provides secure, authenticated access for
greatest impact from the
remote and mobile users from any web-enabled device to corporate resources—any-
consumerization of IT. BYOD
time, anywhere. It is the most widely deployed SSL VPN for organizations of any size,
and cloud has increased
across every major industry.
the need for anywhere
access from devices, both
Pulse Connect Secure includes Pulse Secure Clients and the AppConnect SDK. Pulse
personal productivity (laptop,
Clients are dynamic, multiservice network clients for mobile and personal computing
smartphones, smartpads)
devices. Pulse Clients are simply deployed, enabling users to quickly “click and connect”
or IP-enabled (printers,
from any device, anywhere. Pulse Secure AppConnect SDK delivers–per–application SSL
cameras, phones), to data
VPN connectivity for iOS and Android clients, enabling IT to create an even more trans-
or applications that reside in
parent and secure mobile app experience for their users.
the traditional datacenter or
cloud. Pulse Connect Secure is
the key component to Pulse’s Architecture and Key Components
Secure Access solution. Pulse
Connect Secure provides a Pulse Connect Secure is available on Pulse PSA Series Appliance Family, as
seamless, cost-effective, SSL hardware(Pulse PSA Series) or as a virtual appliance (PSA-V Series) as noted below.
VPN solution for remote and
• PSA3000 Pulse Secure Appliance: Fixed configuration, rack-mount appliance ideal
mobile users from any web-
for small and mid-size businesses, supporting up to 200 SSL VPN concurrent users.
enabled device to corporate
resources— anytime, • PSA5000 Pulse Secure Appliance: Fixed configuration appliance ideal for scalable
anywhere. mid-size businesses, supporting up to 2,500 SSL VPN concurrent users.
• PSA7000 Pulse Secure Appliance: Fixed configuration appliance ideal for meeting
the highest scalability needs of large businesses, supporting up to 25,000 SSL VPN
concurrent users.
• Virtual Appliances (PSA-V Series): VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, AWS and Microsoft Azure
appliances for scalable elastic deployment of SSL VPN services.
For more details on PSA Series Appliance Family, including the specifications and
ordering information of each model, please refer to the Pulse PSA Series Appliance
datasheets.
Pulse Secure Clients
Pulse Clients securely connect users to networks, both data center and cloud. Wrapped in an extremely user-friendly package, Pulse
Clients dynamically enable the appropriate network and security services on users’ endpoints. Users are not distracted from their
work activities to figure out what network they are on or what service to enable. With Pulse Secure, the connection just works, helping
to deliver the productivity promised by mobile devices. Pulse Client delivers dynamic access control, seamlessly switching between
remote (SSL VPN) and local (NAC) access control services on Microsoft Windows devices. Pulse Client also enables comprehensive
endpoint security posture assessment for mobile and desktop computing devices, and quarantine and remediate, if necessary.
The digital world continues to create workforce productivity beyond BYOD. More enterprises are combining apps and across data
center and cloud resources to meet growing demand and productivity. The result is a hybrid approach blending private and public
IT architectures. Learn how to embrace Hybrid IT with Pulse Cloud Secure and have the capabilities to blend cloud and datacenter
access into a seamless user experience for your next generation workforce. Additional details about Pulse Cloud Secure is available:
https://www.pulsesecure.net/connect-secure/overview/
• Dual-transport (SSL + Encapsulating Security Payload) full Layer 3 VPN connectivity with granular
Layer 3 SSL VPN access control.
• “Always on VPN” & “VPN Only Access” modes for Compliance.
• Client/server proxy application that tunnels traffic from specific applications to specific
Application VPN destinations (available for Windows devices only).
• “On Demand VPN” and “Per App VPN”, for seamless & secure end user experience.
Layer 7 Web single sign-on (SSO) • Allows end users to authenticate to the network through a Layer 3 tunnel, while simultaneously
via SAML enjoying SSO to Web applications accessed through their browser via SAML SSO support.
• Smooth roaming from remote access to local LAN access (Pulse Policy Secure).
Optimized end-user experience • Single Sign On (SSO) for rapid, secure access from remote or onsite locations (via integration
with Pulse Cloud Secure and Pulse Policy Secure)
Stateful endpoint integrity and • Assess and remediate end user devices prior to authentication with easy policy definition.
assessment • ”Windows 10 (Desktop & Mobile), Mac OS X, Apple iOS, and Android.
• Full range of split tunneling options are configurable, including support for individual IP
addresses as well as FQDN.
Split tunneling options • Includes enable and disable functionality with overriding route capability and route monitoring.
• Pulse AppConnect enables IT to integrate per-application SSL VPN connectivity for maximum
data security and user transparency.
• Users can easily launch SSL VPN via their Web browser, or directly from their desktop.
Flexible launch options
• Auto Connect feature allows devices to automatically connect to VPN, either at the time when
(standalone client, browser-based
the machine starts or user logs on.
launch)
• VPN on demand feature leverages OS capabilities for auto triggering VPN, seamlessly in the
background, when an approved application needs corporate access.
Supports Pulse Cloud Secure • Blend cloud and datacenter access into a seamless user experience for next generation
Solution workers.
• Ability to add compliance rules for hybrid DC access.
Preconfiguration options • Administrators can preconfigure a Pulse Secure deployment with a list of gateways for end users
(Windows and Mac only) to choose from.
• Administrators can deploy Pulse Secure for remote user authentication using a wide array
of authentication mechanisms, including hardware token, smart card, soft token, Google
Authentication options
Authenticator, one-time passwords and certificate authentication.
• SAML authentication, for delegating user authentication to an Identity Provider.
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RDP/Telnet/SSH sessions using
• 100% clientless access using HTML5 browsers.
HTML5
VMware Horizon and Citrix XenApp/ • Pulse Secure supports the latest versions of VMware and Citrix. For specific details, consult our
XenDesktop VPN Supported Platforms Guide available at www.pulsesecure.net/techpubs
• Enables the administrator to select specific ciphers over those pre-configured for highly secure
Granular SSL Cipher Configuration
compliance.
REST API • A comprehensive REST-based API for programmatic access to the appliances.
Ease of Administration
In addition to enterprise-class security benefits, Pulse Connect Secure has a wealth of features that make it easy for the administrator
to deploy and manage.
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• Embeds Pulse Secure Per-App VPN SDK into SAP’s • Provides transparent, secure data center
Secure Access for
Fiori mobile applications. connectivity for SAP services through the existing
SAP Applications
Pulse Secure VPN appliance.
Integration • Ability to support SecurID, Security Assertion • Leverages existing corporate authentication
with strong Markup Language (SAML) including standards methods to simplify administration.
authentication and based SAML v2.0 support, and public key
identity and access infrastructure (PKI)/digital certificates.
management (IAM)
platforms
• Supports federated PKI deployments with client • Enables customers who use advanced PKI
certificate authentication. Bridge CA is a PKI deployments to deploy the Pulse Secure Appliances
extension (as specified in RFC 5280) to cross-certify to perform strict standards-compliant certificate
Bridge Certification
client certificates that are issued by different trust validation—before allowing data and applications
Authority (BCA)
anchors (Root CAs). to be shared between organizations and users.
support
• Also, enables customers to configure policy
extensions in the admin UI, to be enforced during
certificate validation.
• Ability to host different virtual extranet websites • Saves the cost of incremental servers.
Multiple hostname from a single appliance. • Eases management overhead.
support • Provides a transparent user experience with
differentiated entry URLs.
• View and control enterprise access to the data • Quick access to dynamic information and reports.
Intuitive center and cloud from one console. (Reference • Customizable layouts via drag and drop
Dashboard Design Diagram 1) functionality.
Customizable user • Creation of completely customized sign-on pages. • Provides an individualized look for specified roles,
interface streamlining the user experience.
• With Pulse One, configuring, updating, and • Enables companies to conveniently manage,
monitoring PSA Series Appliances Family under configure, and maintain PSA or Series Appliances
Pulse One
a centralized management console with the Family along with Pulse Workspace from one
Compatible
capabilities of a single device/cluster or across a central location.
global cluster deployment.
• Enhanced support for non-JAVA based browsers. • Support for latest generation browsers (Apple,
Pulse Application
Microsoft, Google, Firefox, etc) that do not support
Launcher (PAL)
Java and Active X.
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Rich Access Privilege Management Capabilities
Pulse Connect Secure provides dynamic access management capabilities. When users log into Pulse Connect Secure, they pass
through a pre-authentication assessment, and are then dynamically mapped to the session role that combines established network,
device, identity, and session policy settings. Users have access only to those resources that are deemed necessary for that session,
according to administrator-defined policies.
Support for RSA • RSA Authentications Manager 8.1 enables Risk • Offer another authentication layer option via email
Authentication Based Authentication. account.
Manager
• Enables multi-factor authentication using • Leverage ubiquitous smart phones to roll
Standards based smartphones out a cost-effective and self-serve two-factor
built-in Time- authentication mechanism, where one time
based One-Time passcodes are generated by a mobile app.
Password (TOTP) Implemented based on RFC6238
• Allows remote users to launch multiple remote • Enables remote users to have multiple
access sessions. authenticated sessions open at the same time,
Multiple sessions
such as when accessing VPN from a laptop and
per user
from a smartphone simultaneously.
• Supports synchronization of user records such • Ensures a consistent experience for users who
as user bookmarks across different Pulse Secure often travel from one region to another and
User record
Appliances. therefore need to connect to different Pulse Secure
synchronization
Appliances running Pulse Connect Secure.
• Provides predefined HTML pages that are • Provides mobile device users with a simplified
Mobile-friendly SSL customized for mobile devices, including Apple and enhanced user experience and webpages
VPN login pages iPhone and iPad, Google Android, and Nokia customized for their device types.
Symbian devices.
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• Support for Kerberos Constrained Delegation • Eliminates the need for companies to
protocol. manage static passwords resulting in reduced
• When a user logs into Pulse Connect Secure with administration time and costs.
a credential that cannot be proxied through to
the backend server, the gateway will retrieve a
Kerberos Kerberos ticket on behalf of the user from the
Constrained Active Directory infrastructure.
Delegation • The ticket will be cached on Pulse Connect Secure
throughout the session.
• When the user accesses Kerberos-protected
applications, the Appliance will use the cached
Kerberos credentials to log the user into the
application without prompting for a password.
Kerberos SSO and • Pulse Connect Secure will automatically • Simplifies the user experience by eliminating users
NT LAN Manager authenticate remote users via Kerberos or NTLMv2 entering credentials multiple times to access
(NTLMv2) support using user credentials. different applications.
• Standards-based interface for extensive integration • Leverages existing servers to authenticate users.
Password
with password policies in directory stores (LDAP, • Users can manage their passwords directly
management
AD, and others). through the Pulse Connect Secure interface.
integration
• Allows users to access other applications or • Alleviates the need for users to enter and maintain
Web-based
resources that are protected by another access multiple sets of credentials for web-based and
SSO basic
management system without reentering login Microsoft applications.
authentication and
credentials.
NTLM
Web-based SSO • Ability to pass user name, credentials, and other • Enhances user productivity and provides a
forms-based, customer defined attributes to the authentication customized experience.
header variable- forms of other products and as header variables.
based, SAML-
based
Provision by Purpose
Pulse Connect Secure includes different access methods. These different methods are selected as part of the user’s role, so the
administrator can enable the appropriate access on a per-session basis, taking into account user, device, and network attributes in
combination with enterprise security policies.
• Allows remote users to connect from any mobile • Full L3 VPN support for new devices that support
device that supports Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) IKEv2 but for which a Pulse Secure client is not yet
IPsec/IKEv2
VPN connectivity. available.
support for mobile
• Administrator can enable strict certificate or
devices
username/password authentication for access via
IPsec/IKEv2.
• Allows interoperability with VMware View Manager • Provides remote users seamless access to their
to enable administrators to deploy virtual desktops virtual desktops hosted on VMware servers.
Virtual Desktop with Pulse Connect Secure. • Provides dynamic delivery of the VMware View
Infrastructure (VDI) client, including dynamic client fallback options,
support to allow users to easily connect to their virtual
desktops.
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• Provides secure access connectivity (strong • Enables customers to allow a large number of
encryption + certificate authentication) from mobile users (including employees, contractors, and
devices (such as iOS or Android devices) to the partners) to access corporate resources through
ActiveSync Proxy Exchange Server via proxy, with no client software mobile phones via ActiveSync.
installation.
• Enables up to 5,000 simultaneous sessions.
Product Options
Pulse Connect Secure currently includes several license options for enablement on the PSA Series Appliance Family.
• The combination of core clientless access, SAM, Pulse Client/Network Connect provides secure access to virtually any
audience,from remote and mobile workers to partners or customers, using a wide range of devices from any network.
• Provision -by- purpose goes beyond role-based access controlsand allows administrators to properly, accurately, and
dynamicallybalance security concerns with access requirements.
• Advanced PKI support includes the ability to import multiple rootand intermediate certificate authorities (CAs), Online
CertificateStatus Protocol (OCSP), and multiple server certificates.
• User self-service provides the ability for users to create their ownfavorite bookmarks, including accessing their own
workstationsfrom a remote location, and even changing their passwords whenthey are set to expire.
• Advanced endpoint security controls such as Host Checker, and,cache cleaner, ensure that users are dynamically provisioned
toaccess systems and resources only to the degree that their remotesystems are compliant with the organization’s security
policies,after which remnant data is scrubbed from the user’s device sothat nothing is left behind.
1. Simply place an equal number of user (CONSEC) licenses on each PSA Series Appliance Family.
2. When the PSA Series Appliance Family are joined together to form a cluster, all of the user licenses add up so that the cluster can
now support all of the licensed users. For example, building a cluster of 1,000 users is done by bringing together two boxes with
500 user licenses in each of the two units.
If either box fails, the remaining box inherits the full 1,000 user licenses.
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Clustering supports stateful peering and failover across LAN connection, so in the unlikely event that one unit fails, system
configurations (such as authentication server, authorization groups, and bookmarks), user profile settings (such as user defined
bookmarks and cookies), and user sessions are preserved. Failover is seamless, so there is no interruption to user/enterprise
productivity, no need for users to log in again, and no downtime. Please note that WAN clustering is not supported on the PSA Series
Appliance Family. Multisite clustering is supported, however, provided the sites are on a campus network with LAN-like connectivity.
• Maintain productivity by enabling ubiquitous access to applications and information for employees from anywhere, at any time, and
on any device
• Sustain partnerships with around-the-clock, real-time access to applications and services while knowing resources are securedand
protected
• Meet federal and government mandates for contingencies and continuity of operations (COOP) compliance
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PSA Series Appliance Family Licensing Options
ORDERING NUMBER DESCRIPTION
Add x simultaneous PCS users to Pulse PSA Appliance (x options: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000,
CONSEC-xU(-zYR) 2500, 5000, 7500, 10K, 15K, 20K, or 25K concurrent sessions) Subscription Licenses (z options: 1, 2, or 3
year).
Add y simultaneous PCS users to Pulse PSA Appliance (y options: 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000,
CONSEC-ADD-yU 2500, 5000, 7500, 10K, 15K, 20K, or 25K concurrent sessions) Perpetual for hardware platform where
activated.
PSA-MTG-xU Add x simultaneous Secure Meeting users to Pulse PSA Appliance (x options: 25, 50, 100, 250, 500).
Java RDP Applet z-Year subscription for x simultaneous users (x options: 50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000, 2,000,
ACCESS-RDP-xU-zYR 2,500, 5000, 7500, or 10K simultaneous users. RDP user license count cannot exceed the number of user
licenses) (z options: 1, 2, or 3 year subscription).
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