Bomgar B200 Appliance User's Guide

Security

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Bomgar is committed to the highest level of technological security. Each Bomgar solution is carefully tested to eliminate vulnerabilities and points of failure. Bomgar uses Symantec-audited architecture.

Architecture

The architecture of Bomgar solutions lends built-in security to the support process. Because session traffic is outbound from both directions, both the customer and the support representative can work from behind corporate firewalls providing a barrier to any potentially malicious traffic.

In addition, each Bomgar session is initiated by the remote customer when the support issue occurs and is then discontinued automatically when the session is complete, allowing only a small, irregular period of time wherein Bomgar traffic is crossing the Internet. This secure architecture provides the first level of Bomgar security, obscuring the entire support session by leaving existing security structures in place and spontaneously generating each support session.

Bomgar Box

Bomgar accounts and sessions interface with the Bomgar Box, which offers an extremely high level of security within a managed environment. All traffic passing through the Bomgar Box is 256-bit AES SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypted along the entire data stream. This encryption is in addition to the heavy data compression inherent in Bomgar traffic. The login pages for the Bomgar Box /appliance interface and /login administrative interface are 256-bit AES SSL encrypted and password-protected, preventing unauthorized users from accessing representative or administrator accounts.

Security Recommendations

• Install the Bomgar Box outside your company firewall or in a DMZ.
• Disallow access to the Bomgar Box administrative interface (/appliance) from its public IP address.
• Regularly change administrative passwords.
• Set a password expiration from the /login interface to schedule regular password changes for all users.
• Require representatives to use complex passwords.
• Accept incoming connections only from end-users you recognize.
• Disable accounts that will go unused for long periods of time.

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