THINKING SECURITY? THINK ISA SERVER 2006.
Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 is the integrated edge security gateway that helps protect IT environments from internet-based threats while providing users with fast and secure remote access to applications and data. ISA Server 2006 is an advanced firewall, VPN, and Web-caching solution that enables customers to improve network security and performance.

Microsoft ISA Server 2006 provides improved security through integration with Microsoft application infrastructure and Windows services such as Active Directory (AD), NLB, and Virtual Private Network (VPN).

Enhanced multi-factor authentication (smartcards, one-time passwords), flexible integration with Active Directory (LDAP authentication support), and customizable forms-based pre-authentication are provided for almost any web application and client device.     Easily integrate with existing authentication infrastructures through enhanced authentication delegation (including NTLM, Kerberos, and SecuriD). improved session management enables access control.     Includes SSL Bridging for inspection of encrypted content, better application scalability via offloading SSL processing to the ISA Server, and lower latency via support for SSL hardware accelerators.

BITS caching accelerates the deployment of software updates and keeps remote computers protected.     New and enhanced flood resiliency features are perfect for monitoring and handling events.     Enhanced worm resiliency mitigates the impact infected machines have on the network.     Comprehensive alert triggers and responses quickly notify administrators of network problems.

Microsoft ISA Server 2006 reduces total cost of ownership via simplified deployment and management, cost, and server consolidation.

Web Publishing Load Balancing deploys entire farms of Web servers behind ISA using session- and IP-based affinity with automatic out-of-service detection.     Automated tools for Exchange, SharePoint and other Web servers simplify the process of securely publishing multiple sites, and enhanced certificate administration helps avoid configuration errors.     Easy deployment and configuration is available in branch offices with automated VPN connectivity tools and answer files on removable media.

Management is now more effective with faster propagation of enterprise policies, reduced server requirements, and low-bandwidth optimizations.     Enhanced resource control is available through log throttling, memory consumption, and pending DNS queries.

Microsoft ISA Server 2006 provides secure, high speed, and seamless user access to corporate applications and data.

Users enjoy single sign-on and automatic link translation to help ensure secure and consistent access.     HTTP traffic compression and caching improves Web page load times and reduces WAN costs.

DiffServ IP settings ensure that the highest priority applications get precedence over other network traffic, and better bandwidth utilization and response times.