1.1.1 Protecting Resources While Providing Access

The primary purpose of Access Manager is to protect resources by allowing access only to users you have authorized. As shown in the following illustration, users who are authorized to use the protected resources are allowed access. However, unauthorized users are denied access.

Access Manager secures your web resources from Internet hackers. Addresses of the servers that host the protected resources are hidden from both external and internal users. The only way to access the resources is by logging in to Access Manager with authorized credentials, no matter what device you use.

Access Manager protects only the resources you have set up as protected resources. It is not a firewall and should always be used in conjunction with a firewall product.

Access to resources is independent of a user’s location, as shown in the following illustration. Access Manager provides the same secure access and same experience whether the user is accessing resources from your local office, from home, or from any other place with any type of device.