Define How Internet Traffic is Routed Using Your Wide-Area Private Cloud

IDS is an acronym for Intrusion Detection System. Cloud Connexa uses Cyber Shield Traffic Filtering as an IDS to identify malicious or unsanctioned network activity. When Traffic Filtering Monitoring is turned ON, and traffic is routed through Cloud Connexa, Cyber Shield Traffic Monitoring passively inspects network traffic on a packet level and reports malicious traffic and network policy violations. Traffic Monitoring uses signature-based detection to compare malicious traffic against an ever-growing database.

IPS is an acronym for Intrusion Prevention System. Cloud Connexa Cyber Shield can also be used to prevent malicious or unsanctioned network activity. When Cyber Shield Traffic Monitoring is ON, and traffic is routed through Cloud Connexa, Traffic Filtering can be configured to stop malicious traffic and prevent network policy violations. To learn more on how to use Cyber Shield’s Traffic Filtering as an IPS, read Configuring Cyber Shield Traffic Filtering for Blocking Threats.

Yes — You can configure multiple Internet Gateways to route internet traffic. To learn more, read User Guide - VPN with multiple VPN Egress locations.

Split Tunnel is a configuration setting of the tunnel that connects the device to Cloud Connexa. It can be set to select what kind of traffic is sent through the tunnel. All traffic (even internet traffic) is sent through the tunnel when set to OFF. When set to ON, only specific traffic configured to be routed to Cloud Connexa enters the tunnel, and general internet traffic does not.

Yes, you can block access to specific domains. Blocking works regardless of whether the internet traffic is tunneled to the WPC or not. To do this, you must first turn Domain Filter Monitoring ON. Next, you’ll need to configure Cloud Connexa Domain Filtering and select the content categories that need to be blocked or use preset modes. To learn more about Domain Filtering, read Configuring Cyber Shield Domain Filtering | Cloud Connexa.

Internet security controls can be applied to User Groups, Networks, and Hosts. To learn how read Cloud Connexa Internet Access.

Cyber Shield content filtering is a feature of Domain Filtering that analyzes the domain names in DNS queries received from WPC clients only when domain filter monitoring is turned on. When Monitoring is active, Cyber Shield checks which content category each domain name being queried belongs in. If a domain name is matched to any of the 43 Cyber Shield Domain Filtering Categories that is configured to be blocked, the domain name is not resolved as expected and a “This site can’t be reached” page is displayed. Content can be blocked choosing any of those categories or by using 1 of 3 domain filtering preset modes:

• Basic
• Safe Browsing
• High Productivity

Cyber Shield domain filtering can be configured from the Cloud Connexa administration portal in the Shield settings or through the Setup Wizard, by editing the Domain Filtering block categories. To learn how watch Domain Filtering Basic Configuration.

The internet security levels of Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 can be configured from the Access > Internet navigation menu in Administration portal.