Riverbed Security Features

Security Features

The only vendor to deliver end-to-end security in its WDS solution is Riverbed. By providing a multi-layer security feature set, the Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) allows protection of data in motion and at rest. Therefore, Riverbed assists in the elimination of any trade-off's between security and performance for customers who want the best of both worlds.

Enhanced Acceleration and Support for SSL Traffic

Steelhead appliances accelerate SSL WAN traffic to deliver LAN like performance

Riverbed is the first company to introduce true SSL acceleration (not SSL off-load) that does not require the distribution of certificates or private keys to the edge, but does allow SSL traffic to be decrypted, optimized, and then re-encrypted before moving onto the WAN. When traffic reaches the other side of the network, the same process is repeated: decryption, decoding (the other side of the Riverbed optimization algorithm), and then re-encryption for delivery to the client. These optimizations are bi-directional making sure that all traffic is encrypted end-to-end from client to server, to or from branch offices.

Other symmetric application acceleration approaches claim to accelerate encrypted traffic, though they require the distribution of certificates or private keys to the branch office, which can lead to massive security problems, and is not acceptable to most IT architects.

With RiOS 5.0, Riverbed keeps improving on its market-leading SSL acceleration functionality by making it even more simple to setup and manage. Advancements include auto-discovery of SSL peers, support for digital certificate domain-level wildcards, and manageability improvements for peer trust relationships. These new features make SSL acceleration across the enterprise simple to allow greater scalability and lower administrative overhead.

Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption

Steelhead appliances offer IPSEC encryption across appliances as an option. Turning this feature on makes sure that the references and underlying data shared between two sites are encrypted before they leave the Steelhead appliances. If you already use a VPN to encrypt data between two sites, this feature may not be required. Steelhead appliances support DES, 3DES, AES-128, and AES-256 encryption.

Data Store Encryption

RiOS also offers encryption capabilities for the data stored on disk in Steelhead appliances for organizations that desire high levels of security or face stringent compliance needs. Encryption standards supported include AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256 and keys are maintained in an encrypted key vault.

For a technical consultant to call you click here and they will do so at the time you specify. If you are looking for a quotation or need help designing your solution then click here. If you require access to our SECURE online catalogue then click here.