{"id":3498,"date":"2013-05-30T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2013-05-30T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T17:14:48","slug":"security-for-xenapp-xendesktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/security-for-xenapp-xendesktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Security For XenApp XenDesktop Deployments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>With contributions by Jason Poole,\u00a0Manager Bus. Dev. NetScaler and Cloud Group, Citrix. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Last\u00a0Tuesday, at the Citrix Summit breakout session,\u00a0Jason Poole (from Citrix) and I\u00a0presented on why NetScaler and Palo Alto Networks are the best solutions for your XenApp XenDesktop deployments.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a Citrix XenApp\/XenDesktop deployment, you\u2019ve probably deployed it to support the evolving desktop, application and data access requirements for your employees. You\u2019ve benefitted from the on-demand application delivery, as well as the flexibility to support a diverse set of mobile device access. But did you know that NetScaler and Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls provide the best security for your existing XenApp XenDesktop deployments?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/paloaltonetworks\/8892243543\/\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\"  title=\"Citrix by PaloAltoNetworks, on Flickr\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"500\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7454\/8892243543_ebaebefcb9.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Citrix\"><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the joint solution addresses secure access to the desktop virtualization environment, ensures compliance for virtual desktop users accessing backend data center applications, and protects this infrastructure from modern threats.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to accelerating the performance of virtual desktop traffic, NetScaler provides the following security features for XenApp XenDesktop deployments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full proxy \u2013 ICA connections are always attack free<\/li>\n<li>Proper integration with Secure Ticket authority prevents internal user and server data from leaking, including internal IP address information<\/li>\n<li>Integrated with HDX Insight, StoreFront and Web Interface<\/li>\n<li>SmoothRoaming without risky modifications to the data that may cause incompatibilities with Receiver and XenDesktop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls deployed at the back end of the XenApp XenDesktop infrastructure, you will be able to deliver the following for virtual desktop users:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish segmentation by application, user and content in the data center<\/li>\n<li>Dynamically identify virtual desktop users regardless of the type of virtual desktop offering (using Terminal Services agent or User-ID agent integration) and enforce security policies for granular application access<\/li>\n<li>Accurately identify and control the use of more than a thousand applications, regardless of ports, protocol or any evasive techniques that are used to mask their operation<\/li>\n<li>Provide complete integrated threat protection with high-performance stream-based protection against viruses, spyware, exploits and targeted attacks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The good news is that both NetScaler and Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls can be jointly orchestrated with CloudStack to easily deploy the joint solution for your desktop virtualization infrastructure. We\u2019ve tested and validated the joint solution, and it is fully supported by both companies. For more information, please refer to the deployment guide <a href=\"http:\/\/media.paloaltonetworks.com\/documents\/panw-netscaler-xendesktop.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to those of you who were able to make it to our session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With contributions by Jason Poole,\u00a0Manager Bus. Dev. NetScaler and Cloud Group, Citrix. 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