NCP Secure Enterprise Management – Centralized VPN Management and Automation
As your VPN environment grows, so does the complexity of managing users, endpoints, locations, configurations, updates, certificates, licenses, and security policies. Handling these tasks separately and manually places an unnecessary burden on IT teams and makes it harder to operate a large remote-access infrastructure consistently.
NCP Secure Enterprise Management provides the centralized VPN management and automation layer for the NCP Secure Enterprise Solution. It gives IT teams a single platform from which to manage large, distributed remote access environments and automate recurring administrative tasks.
What is the NCP Secure Enterprise Management?
NCP Secure Enterprise Management is the central management platform within the three-part NCP Secure Enterprise Solution. The Clients establish secure connections on end devices, while the VPN Server acts as the central gateway for VPN connections. The VPN Management brings the configuration and administration of these NCP components together in one place.
The database-driven system consists of a Management Server and a graphical management console. For greater resilience, an optional Backup Management Server can be added to create a highly available management infrastructure. Its integrated replication service keeps the data continuously up to date.
Who is the NCP Secure Enterprise Management designed for?
- Suitable for: Companies, public-sector organizations, service providers, and managed service providers
- Use cases: Large, distributed remote-access infrastructures that require centralized management and automation
- Managed resources: Clients, VPN servers, users, certificates, security policies, and licenses—all managed through a shared environment
- Multi-tenancy: Separate management of multiple customers, companies or business units within a shared management infrastructure
How does NCP Secure Enterprise Management work?
NCP Secure Enterprise Management gives IT administrators a central point of control for connected NCP components. Administrators use the management console to define configurations and security policies, then deploy them centrally to clients and VPN servers.
Standardized interfaces also allow the platform to integrate with existing user directories and identity systems, including Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. When a new employee is added to a connected user management system, predefined templates can automatically create and assign the required configurations. This may include creating a RADIUS entry or assigning a software certificate. When an employee leaves the organization, their VPN access can be disabled automatically.
Software, configuration, and certificate updates can also be centrally deployed, while license management and other recurring processes can be automated. This eliminates the need for IT administrators to configure and update every end device or connected component individually.
The benefits of NCP Secure Enterprise Management
- Consistent security policies: Define security settings centrally and deploy them consistently across connected components.
- Network Access Control: Check end devices against defined security requirements before allowing them to access the corporate network.
- Protected configurations: Use parameter locks to prevent end users from changing security-critical settings.
- Automated access control Use changes in the connected user management system to trigger automated processes, such as disabling VPN access when an employee leaves the organization.
- Less manual administration: Manage and automate recurring tasks centrally instead of handling them separately for each component.
- One central management environment: Manage clients, VPN servers, users, certificates, security policies, and licenses from one place.
- Automated workflows: Automate software, configuration, and certificate updates, along with user and license management processes.
- Reduced workload for IT and help desk teams: Centralized configurations and automated processes make distributed remote-access infrastructures easier to operate and support.
- Integration with existing user directories: Incorporate directory services such as Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID into centralized management and automation workflows.
- Flexible integration with your IT environment Use standardized interfaces to connect existing systems and data sources.
- Database connectivity: Connect existing database environments via ODBC.
- Multi-tenant and cloud-ready: Manage different customers, companies, or business units separately within a shared management environment.
Technical highlights of the NCP Secure Enterprise Management
| Category | Information |
|---|---|
| Product type | Centralized, database-driven management system for the NCP Secure Enterprise Solution |
| System architecture | Management Server and graphical management console |
| High availability | Optional Backup Management Server with integrated replication service |
| Managed components | NCP Secure Enterprise Clients, NCP Secure Enterprise VPN Server, and High Availability Server |
| User management | Integration with existing user directories and identity systems, including Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID |
| Database connectivity | Connection to existing database environments via ODBC |
| Management functions | Includes Client Configuration, Client Firewall Configuration, Server Configuration, Network Access Control, PKI Enrollment, and RADIUS |
| License management | Centralized license management, with automated allocation and return of licenses through a shared license pool |
| Multi-tenancy | Support for up to 256 domain groups |
| Deployment | Multi-tenant and cloud-ready |
The Next Steps
Are you interested in centrally managing your remote access workstations and simplifying administrative processes?
We provide expert advice and support during the planning phase, along with tailored assistance when integrating the solution into your existing infrastructure. Our team offers technical support throughout the entire process, right up to the full deployment of your NCP Enterprise VPN environment.
Frequently asked questions
Find key information about the deployment, integration and centralized management of NCP Secure Enterprise Clients at a glance.
Centralized VPN management allows IT administrators to configure and manage the components of a remote-access infrastructure through a shared management environment. Instead of administering clients and VPN servers individually, IT teams can centrally manage configurations, security policies, users, certificates, updates, and licenses.
NCP Secure Enterprise Management can automate a wide range of recurring administrative tasks. These include deploying configuration and certificate updates, managing users and licenses, and handling processes associated with employee onboarding and offboarding.
Yes. NCP Secure Enterprise Management integrates with existing user directories and identity systems such as Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. This allows existing user data to be incorporated into centralized management and automation workflows.
Changes in a connected user management system can automatically trigger processes in NCP Secure Enterprise Management. When a new employee joins, predefined templates can be used to create and assign the necessary configurations, RADIUS entries, and software certificates. When an employee leaves the organization, their VPN access can be disabled automatically.
Yes. Configuration and certificate updates can be centrally deployed and automatically distributed to connected NCP Secure Enterprise Clients. Software updates for the NCP Secure Enterprise Client for Windows can also be deployed centrally.
Licenses for managed components are held in a central license pool. NCP Secure Enterprise Management can allocate licenses according to defined policies and return them to the pool when they are no longer required. Administrators can also receive notifications when the number of available licenses is running low.
Yes. NCP Secure Enterprise Management supports multi-tenant environments in which multiple customers, companies, or organizational units can be managed separately within a shared management infrastructure. Administrator permissions can be restricted so that each administrator can access only their assigned areas. This makes the platform suitable for managed security service providers and cloud environments.
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