mGuard Secure Cloud The mGuard Secure Cloud provides you with a highly secure and turnkey remote maintenance solution. It enables you to connect quickly and securely to remote machines and systems, thereby reducing the cost-consuming and time-consuming field visits.
Your advantages
- High-security: encrypted communication via VPN
- User-friendly: easy configuration with configuration assistants
- Compatible: uses mGuard security routers, cloud clients, TC routers, and PLCnext Control
- Flexible: support of computers with Windows, macOS, and Linux as well as mobile devices such as Apple iPad, iPhone, and Android devices
- Reliable: operation worldwide in high-availability data centers
Secure remote maintenance: easy and flexible via cloud
Cloud-based remote maintenance Simple – secure – reliable
The mGuard Secure Cloud provides you with a turnkey and efficient comprehensive solution for remote maintenance. You can connect quickly and securely to machines, industrial PCs, and controllers via a simple web interface.
By using VPN connections, service employees can access the devices anywhere in the world and carry out maintenance work without having to be on site.
Advantage: This saves time and costs and increases the efficiency of maintenance processes.
Overview of the remote maintenance structure Interaction of all components
Service personnel can use a free OpenVPN software client on the service computer or tablet and connect the workstation to the cloud.
The machines are equipped with industrial-grade remote maintenance routers or PLCnext Control, and establish your VPN connection to the mGuard Secure Cloud as necessary. VPN connections can be established locally via hardware (e.g., key switch) or via software controlled by the system operator.
Remote machines and systems can be connected using all modern technologies such as 5G, 4G, fiberglass, etc.
How the mGuard Secure Cloud works
Technical properties at a glance Innovative, secure, and high-performance ecosystem
Our proven cloud technology enables you to provide secure and reliable remote maintenance for your machines and systems anywhere in the world, around the clock.
Secure and officially approved connections
China VPN+ Encrypted VPN connections to China
The mGuard Secure Cloud provides an officially approved solution for VPN connections to China with 99% availability, available as a flat rate service.
The China VPN+ solution enables highly secure, encrypted communication with mGuard VPN connections via the provider’s backbone. The data is transmitted end-to-to-end encrypted via the Chinese National Network Security without affecting security and data integrity.
Advantage: We provide a trusted and regulatory-approved remote access solution to your machines and systems in China.
Complete flexibility with the cloud service subscriptions
Available options From free to scalable
The basic version of the mGuard Secure Cloud with two service connections and a data volume of 8 GB is available free of charge.
You can add additional options to suit your individual maintenance concept on an annual basis, such as:
- Remote Access+: 1 additional service connection with a monthly transmission volume of 4 GB
- China VPN+: secure and officially approved connections
- Traffic+ 1000: 1 TB of additional traffic per client
- Traffic+ 100: 100 GB of additional traffic per client
- Traffic+ 10: 10 GB of additional traffic per client
- Support+: Contact via email and telephone during regular business hours
Advantage: you have full flexibility and save on the work for maintaining and updating your systems. This allows you to invest your resources in your core business.
