The following figure shows how your CyberGuard SG appliance interconnects.

Figure 1-1

CyberGuard SG PCI Appliances

The CyberGuard SG PCI appliance (SG630, SG635) is a hardware-based firewall and VPN server embedded in a 10/100 Ethernet PCI network interface card (NIC). It is installed into the host PC like a regular NIC, providing a transparent firewall to shield the host PC from malicious Internet traffic, and VPN services to allow secure remote access to the host PC.

This appliance is recommended for:

Security conscious businesses that wish to separate firewall and VPN issues from server/desktop operating systems.

Businesses that wish to eliminate the "soft center".

For environments where the integrity of the host server operating environment cannot be controlled or trusted.

Unlike CyberGuard SG gateway appliances, a single CyberGuard SG PCI appliance it is not intended as a means for your entire office LAN to be connected to, and shielded from, the Internet. Installing a CyberGuard SG appliance in each network connected PC gives it its own independently manageable, enterprise-grade VPN server and firewall, running in isolation from the host operating system.

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