The Fortress Management and Policy Server (MaPS) provides centralized management for Security Gateways and Controllers. MaPS controls, configures and provides policy management for thousands of Fortress Security Gateways and Controllers across enterprise networks and remote facilities.

MaPS centralizes definition and control of security services and access control policies. MaPS manages policies for role-based access control based on user, device, time of day, location, and class of service. MaPS enforces policy across the security infrastructure and centrally monitors users, devices, status and alerts. MaPS maintains a hierarchical view of the network, and centrally tracks user sessions and roaming statistics to control users, devices and traffic flow and ensure security and application performance. MaPS centralizes configuration of Fortress Gateway settings, such as encryption and authentication parameters. MaPS supports corporate Windows 2K, XP, or 2K3 platforms and can be configured for full server redundancy.

MaPS™Product Specifications 

Features and Performance

Policy Based Management

• Security (encryption & authentication)
• Access control
• Class of Service

Identity Based Access Control

• By devices and users
• By individuals and groups
• By traffic type and destination
• By time and location

Centralized Monitoring

• Monitors network integrity and health
• Provides single view of settings, statistics and alerts
• Displays real-time views and historical reports
• Stores log messages
• Integrates with 3rd-party management consoles via SNMP

User & Device Authentication

• Provides local database for devices and users
• Authenticates Fortress Secure Clients, 802.1x users, and guests
• Supports:
  • Windows NT Domain authentication
  • Active Directory (including Global Catalog)
  • LDAP
  • RADIUS
  • RSA SecurID

Enterprise Scalability

• Manages hierarchical groups of Gateways, users, and devices
• Provides full redundancy with database replication and failover
• Supports up to 50,000 users and 5000 gateways

MaPS Components and Minimum Requirements

MaPS Components
MaPS has a client/server architecture and consists of two components:

• MaPS - the server component, runs as a Windows service and communicates with Gateways and authentication severs
• MaPS Console - the client component, is a Java based user interface which provides administrative access to the server

Management Interfaces
MaPS is administered through the MaPS Console, a Java-based management tool that provides full administration and monitoring functions through menus, dialogs and tabs. The MaPS Console can run from any Java, JRE 5.0, enabled computer with network access. The Console can be installed on the MaPS server. Management functions can also be accessed through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

Minimum System Requirements
System requirements for MaPS depend on the number of managed Gateways and users. Fortress recommendations for MaPS with an installed base of up to five Secure Gateways and up to 100 users are: