Mobile enterprise solutions for top DAX companies in Germany
The BYOD trend is also important for the system house's customers. aeroaccess an important topic. Top DAX companies from Germany in particular, which have large, sometimes widely branched networks, rely on the expert's mobile enterprise solutions. Recently, aeroaccess implemented guest access authentication as a global service with central configuration and central management via data centers in Europe, Asia and America. The fully redundant network comprises more than 50,000 clients and manages more than one and a half million authentication requests every day.
As part of the BYOD trend, more and more employees are using their private smartphones, tablets or notebooks for work. In order to protect their networks from unauthorized access, companies are forced to fundamentally change their corporate IT. One concrete solution is, for example, to introduce centralized management for end devices and applications and to integrate them into company processes.
Separate employee and guest access
This objective was realized by aeroaccess in its current project with an international company. Those responsible were looking for a solution capable of managing more than 50,000 clients, including both company-owned and guest devices. For security reasons, the company required a strict separation of guest access and internal employee authentication. In addition, the system was to be configured uniformly across the global deployment area and redundantly connected to the Active Directories in Europe, Asia and America. As the failure of one of the central nodes would make access difficult or impossible for thousands of employees in this part of the world, those responsible also wanted a failover in the event of a hardware failure and a hardware service for the devices in all three regions.
Central control with cluster formation
aeroaccess solved the problem by installing Aruba Networks ClearPass. The BYOD solution is used for internal company authentication on the one hand and for setting up guest access on the other. For this purpose, all WLAN controllers use Aruba Clearpass as an AAA server, both for authentication against the Active Directory for employees and for providing the captive portal for guest access.
Failover across all data centers
The solution is divided into three zone clusters for worldwide use, with simultaneous overall clustering and synchronization of the configurations. The two Active Directories are integrated via different user policies. The same applies with regard to failover: local HA clusters per solution/location ensure extended failover. In conjunction with the additional failover across all three data centers, those responsible can work with peace of mind on all continents. With the authentication solution, employees with company-owned or private WLAN clients as well as guests in the company WLAN can identify themselves worldwide. The interface for guest registration is also available in the corporate identity design. The system currently manages up to 1,540,000 authentication requests every day.
"It is essential for organizations and companies to make effective use of both internal and external resources to achieve their goals," explains Thomas Rödel, Managing Director of aeroaccess GmbH. "To this end, it must be possible to provide employees, guests, service providers, suppliers and customers with sufficient and secure network access - without restricting access more than necessary. At the same time, all internal and external information security requirements must be taken into account, such as the protection of confidential company data on a global level. The use of professionals was also essential for this project due to the different legal requirements."
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aeroaccess is a medium-sized, technology and service-oriented system house for mobile communication. We specialize in the planning, implementation and management of mobile network environments and enable integrated business communication that can also take place independent of location and time.
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