The ASG Guard is an outboard appliance providing access security for Avaya products that do not have ASG software as a native application. It supports 4 to 28 console ports (achieved through optional expansion boards) and secures physically-connected devices through serial interfaces. ASG Guard has over 30Mb of memory to store keystroke logging of administrative sessions and can transfer the data to the (optional) ASG Guardian for centralized storage and viewing. Such information can provide the foundation for routine operational reviews and post-breach analysis.
The ASG Guard is accessed over dial-up connections from the ASG Guardian Portal through encrypted dial-up, offering features such as single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and definition of security policies, and delivers a scalable and auditable gateway for all administrative class users. The ASG Guard capabilities help protect distributed corporate networks from malicious, administrative channel attacks from a “trusted” third-party vendor or simple, inexperienced user error from an internal administrator.
The ASG Guard has four (4) product connection ports. The ASG Guard Plus has sixteen (16) ports, or twenty-eight (28) ports using the expansion module. The ASG Guard or Guard Plus is used as the only remote access point into the maintenance and administrative ports of the protected products. The ASG Guard or Guard Plus provide a seven (7) digit unique challenge when accessed, and once the correct response has been received, the user can then access the protected product. If the user reaches the protected product, any access requirements of the product, such as passwords, remain the same.