{"id":174259590,"date":"2023-12-09T17:31:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T17:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netscaler.com\/blog\/?p=174259590"},"modified":"2024-03-06T05:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T05:39:53","slug":"global-financial-transaction-processor-secures-and-optimizes-its-citrix-environment-with-netscaler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netscaler.com\/blog\/application-and-api-security\/global-financial-transaction-processor-secures-and-optimizes-its-citrix-environment-with-netscaler\/","title":{"rendered":"Global financial transaction processor secures and optimizes its Citrix environment with NetScaler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring optimal application performance are top priorities for many financial services enterprises, including a global financial transaction processor that relies on NetScaler to do exactly that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many NetScaler customers, this U.S.-based company in the financial services sector uses Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) in conjunction with NetScaler to provide its internal users with secure access to business-critical applications. The company\u2019s users benefit from a seamless application experience thanks to NetScaler\u2019s low latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the company\u2019s IT team benefits from the deep insights that NetScaler surfaces to pinpoint issues arising from both applications and the network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protects sensitive data <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the finance industry, data security is non-negotiable. For this global financial transaction processor, the primary objective is to secure sensitive financial transactions and maintain the integrity and confidentiality of the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company operates in a highly regulated space where breaches could not only result in financial loss for its clients, but also in severe legal repercussions for the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a risk not to use NetScaler for application security.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/div>

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<\/h2>Infrastructure architect at a global financial services company<\/small><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ensures optimal application performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Enterprises in the financial sector must often transact in real time, so milliseconds matter when it comes to application performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLatency and performance bottlenecks can disrupt financial transactions,\u201d says the company\u2019s infrastructure architect. \u201cWe make sure the financial market stays stable by ensuring that transactions occur without disruption \u2014 transactions proceeding the way they should is something we take great pride in.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gains real-time visibility to prevent fraudulent activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The company\u2019s infrastructure architect also emphasizes that knowing what’s happening within the network is crucial: \u201cHaving real-time visibility into network traffic and user activities is essential for compliance, performance, and troubleshooting.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IT team places a premium on the ability to quickly resolve issues with its applications so that they are always available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause NetScaler provides complete visibility into each application, we can accelerate issue resolution and maintain efficient operations,” says the company\u2019s infrastructure architect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IT team especially benefits from HDX Insights, a NetScaler feature that provides deep insights into traffic flows for Citrix environments and one that it uses daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The infrastructure architect says that \u201cwe\u2019ve taken the initiative to train our support team to use HDX Insights feature, resulting in significant time savings to resolve problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More broadly, the IT team uses NetScaler\u2019s monitoring and analytics capabilities to gain granular visibility into the activities of its application users, which includes monitoring bandwidth allocation and identifying the geographic regions of user session connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the granular and comprehensive insights that NetScaler provides, the IT team can quickly detect and thwart fraudulent activities, including impossible travel. Impossible travel is a term that describes a user\u2019s attempt to log in from a new location that, considering the time elapsed since the user\u2019s last login, would have been physically impossible for the user to reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn one noteworthy instance, we successfully identified a case of impossible travel and thwarted fraudulent users attempting to gain access from Russia,\u201d the infrastructure architect reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to security insights, NetScaler provides insights that are invaluable for monitoring the throughput allocation of NetScaler application delivery controllers (ADCs). As a result, the IT team can proactively scale ADC capacity in accordance with increasing application demand to ensure a seamless application experience for the company\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efficiently manages SSL certificates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The global financial transaction processor requires a streamlined approach to managing SSL certificates to reduce the risk of expired certificates\u2019 impacting its operations. NetScaler ensures that the company\u2019s SSL certificates are always properly configured and current \u2014\u00a0 a crucial step for preventing security breaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NetScaler’s SSL Management feature automates SSL certificate tasks, including installation, updates, and deletion. NetScaler also provides automated reporting that the IT team uses to proactively track and address unused and expiring certificates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NetScaler SSL Management feature not only streamlines operations but also ensures the strongest SSL protection for all web applications. By using NetScaler to configure automated policies for managing its SSL certificates, the company achieved a Qualys Labs A+ rating for its SSL configuration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result: NetScaler ensures a highly secure and performant Citrix environment for this financial services company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By using NetScaler to front end its Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) deployment, this global financial transaction processor protects its clients\u2019 financial data and ensures an optimal application experience for its internal users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n