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Evaluation Guides

The most comprehensive, affordable and easy-to-use Gateway Evaluation Guides available today!

More than 300 enterprises, IT service providers and government organizations already rely on them.

So why should you purchase our evaluation guides when there is so much free product information available on the Internet?

Well, here are just a few great reasons:

But do not simply take our word for it ...
Aventail

"A lot of SSL VPNs can check the feature boxes in a competitive comparison, but companies need to dig deeper into features and functionality and compare the depth of an SSL VPN, and this is what the Breakaway guide provides. We look forward to companies discovering why an SSL VPN is the best secure access solution and reviewing Aventail's technology leadership in the crucial areas of End Point Control, policy management, application access and ease of use."

- Sarah Daniels, vp marketing, aventail

AEP Networks
“With all of the choices available in SSL VPNs and secure application access solutions, it’s important for potential customers to understand the important differences between products – before they buy,” said Reggie Best, president and CEO of Netilla Networks, Inc. “SSL VPN Central is providing a real service by serving as an industry-wide clearinghouse dedicated to providing the facts about the different products out there. Netilla is proud to be ranked as a top-tier vendor for our unique features, and pleased that the Netilla appliance evaluation guide will now be made available to a much broader base of potential buyers.”

  - Reggie Best, EVP/GM Secure Application Access Business, AEP networks
Portwise AB
"IT organizations are always looking for independent, unbiased advice on which products they should be buying to deliver the highest levels of security, simplicity of access, and reduced cost of ownership. SSL VPN Central will be an invaluable resource to help organizations make their choices, and as a technology leader, PortWise welcomes the opportunity to participate in the SSL VPN Central evaluation guides and the CEG program."

  - Jonathan Martin, chief marketing officer, portwise
Whale Communications
"SSL VPNs vary greatly in their offerings. Some focus on broad application access while oothers act as IPSec VPN replacements. SSL VPN's Central evaluation guides are packed with information to help enterprises determine what solution will best work for them."

  - Daniel Steiner, president and co-founder, whale communications

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Publication Type SSL VPN Gateway Evaluation Guides
Author Breakaway Security Group
Primary Audience Individuals planning, recommending, evaluating or approving SSL-based access management solutions: CIOs, CTOs and CSOs; security/IT planners, architects, analysts and consultants; business application developers, managers and owners
Version Each individual evaluation guide is updated whenever a vendor announces a new product or enhancement. Therefore, the information reflects what is known at the time an order is fulfilled.
Availability See vendor-product list
Order & Pricing

Individual vendor evaluation guides cost $145.00 (U.S.)

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Complimentary Guides Some evaluation guides are available on a no cost basis to qualifying organizations. They currently include F5, AEP Networks, and Whale.

Length

Individual vendor guides: each 20 - 25 pages

Table of Contents Available with additional information, upon request
Abstract These publications provide the most comprehensive and affordable analysis of SSL VPN gateway vendors and their access management products.

Breakaway examines the central issues surrounding the development of remote access security policies.

We define a comprehensive set of gateway evaluation criteria and show how you can apply them to your unique environment.

We examine each product for more than 150 different features!

Each time a vendor introduces a new product or release the evaluation guide is updated with the latest available information and our analysis.

Thumbnail Appraisals

The Evaluation Guide includes in-depth product profiles for each vendor including comprehensive tables that reveal the capabilities of these solutions on multiple dimensions.
You can select a vendor to view our thumbnail appraisal of its SSL VPN Gateway.

Array Networks Netsilica
Aventail Corporation Nortel Networks
Caveo Technology Group PortWise
Check Point (future) SafeNet
Cisco Systems Secure Computing
F5 Networks Symantec
Juniper (Neoteris) Whale Communications
AEP Networks
Netscaler  
   
Evaluation Categories

We evaluate the capabilities of each product using more than 150 features in 18 key categories

Resource Access Methods Performance/Scalability
User Device Support User Experience
Secure Communications Security Administrator Experience
Authentication Flexibility Audit, Analysis & Reporting Tools
Authorization Flexibility Service Level Management
Endpoint Security IT Experience/Install & Support Costs
Gateway Self-protection Product Line Breadth
Network-Level Protection Price Positioning
Application Level Protection
Evaluation Ratings

We rate the products on how well they meet general enterprise requirements in 2005 and on how well they stack up against competition. And we provide the data we used so you can determine how well they would fit your security policies and your unique environment.

Meets enterprise requirements
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
 
Stacks up against competition.
Strength
Typical
Weakness
 
 
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Send a requirements list to SSL VPN Central and we will suggest vendors and products that we recommend you consider. Your information will be treated as confidential. Contact us.

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