Citrix Workspace protect users from visiting sites with known risks

Ravindra Kelkar
Area Vice President, Indian Subcontinent, Citrix

“Leading organizations were already trying BYOD in a limited way, but with remote working becoming mainstream post the pandemic, BYOD has become a norm for organizations across the board. Whilst choice of having a preferred device may have led to more productivity in employees and also given flexibility to employers to ‘uberize’ IT, BYOD opens up a whole new world of challenges for IT teams struggling to maintain cyber security and data integrity.

At a time when cybersecurity has become more critical than ever, there has been a rise in the use of solutions that take the Zero-Trust approach that follows the principle ‘Never Trust, always verify’. The architecture represents a shift from the old ‘handing over the keys-to-the-castle approach’ of VPNs to requiring all users to incrementally earn trust over time. Trust is never assumed, never an afterthought, but instead is always verified for appropriateness and carefully measured to be commensurate with a user’s risk level. At the same time, this approach also considers the user experience. Further, to protect against malware, we designed Citrix Workspace in a way that it not only provides secure, VPN-less access to all apps and data, but also web filtering capabilities that protect users when they visit sites with known risks. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have evolved tremendously over the years. AI’s ability to leverage algorithms against massive data sources and determining unusual patterns can be one of the key arsenals to determine new types of phishing and spear phishing attacks that are based on social engineering. We’ve also been harnessing the tremendous potential of AI/ML through Citrix Analytics to help our partners and customers detect and mitigate risks in their infrastructure. The more information and users analysed over time, the more powerful Citrix Analytics becomes for you, all because of AI.”