Securing internal portals, whether sensitive administration consoles (VMware, Cisco, firewalls, storage solutions), intranets, wikis, dashboards, ageing HRIS or business applications, is now a strategic issue for IT teams. Although essential to the smooth running of the business, these resources are still too often lacking modern protection.
Many of them rely on simple passwords, or even no authentication at all, on the assumption that the internal network is enough to guarantee their security.
Yet this model is no longer fit for purpose: network boundaries no longer provide effective protection. Given evolving threats and growing compliance, regulatory and cyber insurance requirements, multi-factor authentication (MFA/2FA) is now an essential standard.
The challenge: securing internal portals and meeting MFA/2FA requirements
Securing a heterogeneous set of internal applications is a real challenge. Many of these applications:
- Do not support modern identity providers (IdP) or MFA
- Rely on vulnerable, insecure passwords;
- Are difficult or even impossible to modify, especially in the case of proprietary solutions or vendor appliances;
- Cause credential sprawl and a degraded user experience.
This makes it very hard to comply with security standards and the MFA requirements imposed by compliance or cyber insurers.
The benefits of our Access Proxy solution
Our Access Proxy solution acts as a secure gateway between your users and your internal portals:
- It intercepts user requests;
- Redirects to your centralized identity provider (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Cisco Duo, Ping Identity…) to apply your SSO and MFA policies;
- Validates authentication responses;
- And grants secure access to the internal application, without modifying it.
The bottom line: it adds a modern layer of security without having to modify the application. (See the diagram in the original article for an illustration.)
Why choose our solution to secure your internal portals with MFA?
- Securing legacy or proprietary applications
Protect your critical interfaces (Cisco, VMware, Palo Alto, NetApp…) without touching the source code. - Centralized SSO and simplified MFA
Set up smooth, unified access while meeting modern security requirements through your existing IdP. - Stronger security and compliance
Reduce the attack surface, control access precisely and align with current standards. - Flexible, lightweight deployment
Available in sidecar mode (Kubernetes) or as a proxy on a virtual machine or physical server.
HTBS helps you secure your internal portals
Stop relying solely on internal network security or outdated methods to protect your critical resources. HTBS offers a simple, robust and quick-to-deploy solution to integrate MFA and SSO across all your internal portals, without redesigning your applications.
To find out more or discuss your needs, contact us: [email protected]