My workspace journey
There are many technologies out there to continue letting let people work while stuck at home. A big part of the solution you use all comes down to what your typical day looked like. And by typical, I’m talking about life before lockdown. Where you an office-based user? What types of apps did you access?… Continue reading VPN Alternative for Web Apps
I recently talked about how you can add SaaS and web applications to an on-premises StoreFront deployment. The integration goes beyond simply publishing links to the SaaS and web apps. The integration utilizes the Citrix Access Control service, providing SSO to SaaS No more passwords. No more access after employees have left the company. Enhanced… Continue reading Access Control for StoreFront – Demo
In a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deployment, many organizations use StoreFront to provide access to Windows and Linux applications and desktops. A lesser know feature, published content, can let StoreFront publish links to SaaS and web applications in an attempt to bring all resources together into a single view. (I see the differences between… Continue reading SaaS and Web Apps in StoreFront
I’m trying to setup single sign-on to a new SaaS app with Citrix Access Control and ran into a strange issue. The SaaS app is rejecting my x.509 certificate because it is incorrect. Let’s look at this a little closer. When you create a new SSO configuration for a SaaS app in Citrix Access Control,… Continue reading x.509 Certificate Rejected for SaaS SSO
I ran into an interesting issue with the URL filtering aspect of Citrix Access Control service for SaaS apps. I’m trying to do the following: Block categories Malware and SPAM Peer-toper/Torrents Adult Gambling Illegal/Harmful Redirect categories Social networking Allowed websites *.twitter.com Unfortunately, when I access Twitter.com from my SaaS app with enhanced security enabled, I… Continue reading Website Rendering Issues
Things I’ve heard (Unfortunately, these are true) I have a hundred or more passwords (I think most of us are in that boat) I still have access to my former employer’s web apps even though I left over a year ago. Let me show you. (Wow, but I’ve seen similar things) I hear layoffs are… Continue reading Access Control
When we look at providing enhanced security to SaaS apps with the Citrix Access Control service, I focused on three aspects: SSO to SaaS and web apps Enhanced security for SaaS and web apps URL filtering within SaaS and web apps As we’ve seen with URL filtering, we can allow, deny or redirect specific websites… Continue reading URL Filtering Decision Flow
Most likely, you trust a SaaS app. The site is encrypted. It has a valid certificate. Everything is good. What about the content within the SaaS app? Do you trust that? Why wouldn’t I trust my Salesforce data? The problem lies with any URLs within the data. How well do you trust those? Think about… Continue reading URL Filtering within SaaS Apps
