CyberGuard ships sVPN product

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CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq: CGFW), a provider of network security, has developed a custom mobile security appliance, referred to as sVPN, or single virtual private network.

The sVPN is intended for remote employees working for an electronic commerce business. CyberGuard has said that it has started deploying the product.

The company has said that the sVPN provides remote users with securely encrypted data transfer via any Internet connection and that the device isolates and protects the user from any internal threats that may reside on a local network.
CyberGuard has said that the mobile security appliance connects directly to the user's laptop via Ethernet, drawing power from the USB port, and when the unit boots up the sVPN authenticates the user and creates an IPsec tunnel that secures all traffic. The sVPN can reportedly connect to both wired and wireless networks.