SonicWall SMA Primary Use Case

Maheshbabu T - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at CGG

We use SonicWall SMA to provide VPN. Our use is limited right now. We only have 200 users. 

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JL
General Manager at Antea Consulting

The main use case for SonicWall SMA is remote access.

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Yekutiel Cohen - PeerSpot reviewer
Penetration tester at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We use SonicWall SMA for many purposes, such as remote desktops from different locations. It is a VPN solution.

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Rias_Majeed - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Exceed NetSec Computer Trd LLC

We are using SonicWall for two purposes. One is for clients who want the product for remote access and the other is as a security measure to protect against the recent ransomware attacks. In the latter case, we use SSL-VPN as the initial remote connection to a network and then initiate the connection into the internal network to add a layer of security. This is effective for clients who need remote access as per their requirements for direct connections or mobile users who are using SSL-VPN straightaway.

Some of our clients have remote branch offices where they have only one or two users per branch. Their offices are like a shop or a small outlet where they need connection into the head office because of the company ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). Some parts of their network are running only at the head office. In that case, we install SSL-VPN into the head office, and then the remote users initiate the connections through the SSL-VPN to their other respective ERP server. 

Some clients have other product vendors where they need to give the vendor remote support access to a network securely. In these cases, we give the vendor SSL-VPN connections and then they initialize the SSL-VPN for network access. After that, they do the remote support on the servers through the VPN. It is just additional security measures which we are taking to be sure the company and vendor access is protected.

Then the other use is for mobile telephones. Mobile phones like NEC and Panasonic smart mobile come with an extension. They can't always connect their devices directly so we insert a VPN. Then we can allow them to register their mobiles onto their internal PBX (Private Branch Exchange).

But in general, the main use case is that we are helping to securely connect to the head office from the remote links. This allows access to intranet resources.

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MS
IT Manager at Caritas Baby Hosptial

We are using different products from SonicWall, and the SSL-VPN is part of our overall solution. We change appliance models approximately every three years.

We have an on-premises deployment, and these appliances are used with our data servers.

There are several things that we use the VPN for including remote access, accessing data on the file server, and using on-premises applications from the outside. There are many uses for this solution.

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Jasmit Singh Juneja - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO & Technology Specialist at Karman Infotech Private Limited

We use SonicWall SMA to provide secure access for web and desktop applications running in IT environments.

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AP
Executive Director - IT at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Our clients are primarily cooperative banks, so they have a small bank domain. They may have branches of up to 15 to 20 small locations. They need to have multisite connectivity and we use the SonicWall VPN for that.

The CBS core banking systems connect the branch office to the head office. The CBS servers are in the data center at the core bank or head office and all branches connect to the head office through VPN connectivity. This allows them access to the core banking system.

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Pawel Najsarek - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Engineer at Ingram Micro Sp. z o.o.

I primarily use the solution when I connect to LDP or MyLab. That's all.

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Nawapol Boonlerd - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at BigFish Enterprise Ltd.

I'm an information security engineer and we are integrators.

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it_user1134090 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Consul of Japan with self employed

The primary use case of this solution is to provide remote access from home offices. 

The deployment model we are using is on-premises.

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DS
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Since the pandemic began, we have started using SonicWall to allow users to work from home.

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VA
Director at vatanix

We are a system integrator and SonicWall SMA is one of the products that we implement for our clients. They use it to protect their data.

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Pawel Najsarek - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Engineer at Ingram Micro Sp. z o.o.

We are service providers and we sell and integrate solutions for clients.

I am using this solution for VPN and mobile on the website.

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