- Cloud VPN - provides a secure way to connect employees to your agency's applications and other services hosted in a public cloud network using an internet connection.
- Internal Certificate Authority - provides digital certificates for use inside the State Government Network to address the need to protect data in transit.
- Managed Firewall - protects your network from unauthorized access and malicious attacks.
- Office VPN - provides a secure, cost-effective way to connect employees to your agency's main network through a local Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- Secure Web Proxy - helps protect and control web traffic leaving your network.
- SSL/VPN - provides remote users with secure internet access to agency networks from any location.
Cloud VPN
Your agency's primary network location must be on the State Government Network (SGN).
Office VPN
Your agency's primary network location must be on the State Government Network (SGN) or the Intergovernmental Network (IGN).
Features & Benefits
- Office VPN Branch Office connection option supports remote office(s) of employees and/or network devices.
- Office VPN Site-to-Site connection option provides a WaTech VPN endpoint for a customer or contractual partner-owned VPN-capable device to establish a site-to-site tunnel, creating a secure access solution for users to connect to private network resources located on the WaTech-controlled network.
- The Cloud VPN platform is scalable to support variable speeds (throughput) and multiple cloud environments, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) Commercial and Government, and Microsoft Azure Commercial and Government.
- Cloud and Office VPNs are easy to provision and are highly secure.
- WaTech configures and maintains the Cloud and Office VPN hardware and software platform as well as the software system environment.
- WaTech provides 24/7/365 coverage with proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and immediate alerting of service outages relating to Cloud and Office VPN.
Pricing
Cloud and Office VPN are subscriptions billed monthly. Billing occurs only in the months when services are provided.
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Office VPN site setup fee |
$500 (billed upon service initiation for each new site) |
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Office VPN site monthly service fee |
$285 per site |
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Tunnel type pricing options |
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Cloud VPN - Primary Tunnel |
$1,055 Per tunnel |
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Cloud VPN - Backup Tunnel |
$285 Per tunnel |
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ISP utilization tiered pricing options aggregated across all tunnels |
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Cloud VPN ISP - 1 Gbps |
$1,000 aggregated across all agency tunnels |
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Cloud VPN ISP - 500 Mbps |
$500 aggregated across all agency tunnels |
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Cloud VPN ISP - 100 Mbps |
$100 aggregated across all agency tunnels |
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Service Forms & Documents
- Office VPN Service Action Plan
- Cloud VPN Roles and Responsibilities Matrix
- Cloud VPN Service Action Plan
Internal Certificate Authority (ICA)
The Washington Enterprise Internal Certificate Authority (WECA) provides a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) that allows systems to validate that a certificate has not been revoked.
Certificates issued to state agencies are used for encryption, authentication and identification of servers and/or client via SSL and TLS. Some agencies use the ICA to provide protection of sensitive data and high-value resources.
Features & Benefits
- Certificate Revocation List (CRL) that allows systems to validate the certificate status.
- Real-time online processing of customer requests for approval and downloading of certificates.
- A redundant, highly available production environment to support automated certificate requests and issuance.
- Includes customer test and production environments.
Pricing
Internal Certificate Authority is part of the Security Gateway allocation fee charged to all state agencies.
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The Internal Certificate Authority for partner agencies not included in the monthly Security Gateway allocation with more than 50 FTEs |
$1,500/mo. base fee plus a per-FTE fee and a per-certificate fee |
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The Internal Certificate Authority for partner agencies not included in the monthly Security Gateway allocation with less than 50 FTEs |
$500/mo. base fee and a per-application fee |
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One-time set-up fee |
Five percent (5%) of the monthly fee |
Managed Firewall
Firewalls are the critical gateway into a network, and firewalls managed by WaTech come with the highest degree of attention and expertise to protect critical agency assets and provide peace of mind.
Managed Firewall services are available in two categories:
- WaTech-Managed Firewalls are a fully managed firewall solution, including policy and configuration. The service is tailored to meet the customer's changing business requirements.
- Co-Managed Firewalls offer a solution for agencies that want their technical staff to maintain an active role in the administration of the perimeter firewall.
- Optional add-on features available for Co-Managed Firewalls.
Features & Benefits
- Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) technology protects your network from Cybercriminal attacks by actively seeking and blocking external threats before they can reach potentially vulnerable networks devices.
- Establish network security to protect critical assets.
- Leverage the combined purchasing resources of WaTech to reduce costs on hardware, licensing and support.
- Service complies with industry’s best practices.
- Firewall service monitoring 24 hours a day.
Pricing
The Managed Firewall service is billed monthly as a rated subscription service. Billing occurs only in the months when services are provided. The network allocation includes three firewall instances: two WaTech-managed, one co-managed. Subscriptions that extend beyond the described threshold will require a network consultation and incur additional monthly recurring charges.
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Managed Firewall for agencies that are included in the monthly network allocation (includes Intrusion Prevention System addon, three firewall instances - two WaTech-managed, one co-managed)
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$0/month |
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Managed Firewall for agencies/organizations not included in the monthly network allocation |
$1,750/month |
Service Forms & Documents
Secure Web Proxy
Available to agencies connected to the State Government Network. Supports delegated partitions and administration that allows customers to control agency-level configurations.
Features & Benefits
- The service will proxy outbound internet traffic to ensure it is analyzed regarding the nature and intent.
- Will mask the individual client IPs, proxy requested webpages and provide immediate protection against malware.
- Provides a highly available production environment for content filtering and interception.
- All user-initiated web requests are enforced by an agency defined internet use policy.
- Outbound traffic is scanned for key web protocols-including HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
- Technical staff members are on call 24/7 to resolve problems.
Service Forms & Documents
SSL/VPN Virtual Private Network (VPN)
SSL/VPN verifies user identity with a two-part authentication process. This provides a much stronger and more reliable level of authentication than a password. Can be customized to meet your agency's needs with several options for multi-factor authentication. Can also be used to verify the identity of users who access a variety of agency applications or resources, such as:
- Web applications.
- Wireless access points.
- Routers and switches.
- Virtual Private Networks
Available to customers as a software application or certificate that can be installed on a supported mobile workstation or smartphone.
Features & Benefits
- Software tokens and/or certificate options are available as applications on Windows, iPhone, and Android operating systems for multi-factor authentication.
- Active Directory authentication support.
- Delegated administration for each customer to manage their own users.
- Technical staff members are on call 24 hours a day to resolve problems.
Pricing
SSL VPN service is billed monthly as a rated subscription service. Billing occurs only in the months when services are provided.
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One -time setup fee |
$180 one-time fee at service initiation |
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Monthly User Fee |
Software/Mobile Token / $9.00 per month. Certificates* / $6.00 per month. *Only available to domain-joined, state-owned workstations. |