The LANDesk Cloud Services Appliance (formerly called the LANDesk Gateway Appliance) is a hardware appliance installed the TAB Data Center that allows clients off campus to communicate back to the LANDesk Core Server without using VPN.
Key Features
Gathers hardware and software inventory from up to 4,000 active connections simultaneously
Performs on-demand remote control
Monitors software licenses
Accesses policy-based software distribution
Performs patch management
Executes anti-spyware management
Carries out antivirus enforcement and management
Manages security threats
Blocks applications
Enables bidirectional management traffic for:
Inventory and software license monitoring
Software distribution and application policy
Vulnerability detection
Configuration security maintenance and patch management
Security
Uses certificate-based authentication and SSL encryption over any existing Internet connection to let you securely manage users anytime, anywhere
Sends all data with SSL encoding
Allows clients to access the core server only in order to maintain the security of the corporate firewall
Secure Architecture
Features a hardened Linux kernel
Includes certificate-based authentication
Offers a dual-SSL session architecture
Includes a system file integrity scanner
Features a built-in firewall, so you don’t need to make changes to the corporate firewall
Includes logging capabilities
Configuration security maintenance and patch management 