Celestix MSA Threat Management Gateway Series (MSA)

Comprehensive, secure Web gateway to help protect employees from Web-based threats.

Celestix MSA™ security appliances deliver Microsoft’s Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 for unmatched multi-threat protection with industry-leading ease of use and value. Performance, reliability, and ease of deployment/management backed by expert Celestix customer support have made MSA the world’s best-selling Microsoft security appliances.

Features and Benefits

Superior security gateway functionality

Microsoft’s Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (TMG) puts fortified layers of best-in-class security functions throughout your network to block, detect, and thwart attacks from beyond the edge, at the edge, and inside your network.

• Web (URL) filtering blocks users from visiting infected websites and lets administrators control users’ access to enforce corporate Web policies. 
• Web anti-virus/anti-malware security functions inspect files, scripts and all other forms of portable code to block sophisticated Web-based attacks 
• Advanced application-layer firewall secures your network with layer 2-7 traffic inspection
• HTTPS inspection examines encrypted traffic to detect and stop encrypted malware 
• Network Inspection (intrusion detection/prevention) thwarts suspicious activity inside the firewall 
• Reverse proxy permits secure application publishing 
• Forward proxy permits secure Web browsing 
• Caching speeds Web traffic and conserves network bandwidth 
• IPSec VPN delivers secure remote user access and site-to-site connectivity
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) operating system

Celestix MSA Network Diagram

TMG supports the full range of Microsoft Network Access Protection with authentication using Active Directory, RADIUS, Kerberos, Celestix HOTPin™ and third party authentication.

MSA's comprehensive security features make possible an immense number of deployment scenarios to let you keep ahead of dynamic security requirements.

MSA appliances deploy quickly and easily

Celestix delivers MSA security appliances fully integrated and configured for immediate use right from the box. Rack, connect, power, and configure your MSA for live security within 15 minutes. Celestix’ Comet™ appliance engine lets you set initial configuration parameters using the MSA’s jog dial and front panel display on the spot. Comet’s™ web UI has set-up wizards that guide you through set up and configuration quickly and easily. For deployment questions, Celestix is your single point of contact for highly expert, prompt technical support for hardware and software.

MSA security is easy to administer

Celestix’ proprietary Comet™ appliance-engine software provides MSA series appliance users with industry leading features for easy administration. Besides the jog dial and front panel display UI for headless communication with the network, Comet™ provides users with a web-based management interface for monitoring and controlling all features of Microsoft’s TMG and all Celestix’ MSA appliance features in a single UI.

Seamless Integration with Microsoft infrastructure

Celestix purpose builds MSA appliance platforms in close cooperation with Microsoft infrastructure experts for seamless integration with Microsoft networking components such as Active Directory, Exchange Server, SharePoint and others. MSA security appliances are the simplest and most robust way to publish enterprise applications such as email, Web services, and SharePoint services while maintaining full access control and policy enforcement.

Superior performance, ease of maintenance, and availability

Because of Celestix’ purpose-built appliance hardware and Comet™ appliance engine software, MSA appliances have earned an international reputation for great performance and reliability. We engineered our 6th generation hardware platforms to optimize the performance of TMG using the latest high-speed components and architecture optimized for 64-bit operations. We harden our appliance hardware platforms by eliminating all hardware components not needed to run TMG. Eliminating extraneous hardware and drivers removes security vulnerabilities and potential points of failure. Simplified hardware also reduces power and cooling requirements for cost savings on energy.

• One button reset and Last Good Version on-box backup features let you experiment with configurations or perform recovery with little or no risk. 
• Celestix’s software update system sends you alerts, prescreened updates and patches for the OS, application, and appliance engine through a single convenient UI.
• MSA 6200 and higher capacity models further enhance their reliability by incorporating hot-swappable power supplies, RAID disc arrays and fans. These components have built-in redundancy so that failure of a single component will not halt the system. 
• High Availability: MSA appliances with Enterprise and Branch Edition licenses support active/active failover modes.