With remote work remaining a popular option embraced by many businesses nowadays, it is more important than ever that security is prioritized amongst the employees now operating outside of the office. One facet of doing so is to implement a virtual private network, or a VPN. Let\u2019s go over what a VPN is, and how it works to protect your business\u2019 data.<\/p>\n
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A Virtual Private Network is a specialized tool, designed to protect your data as it is sent over the Internet. The easiest way to describe it is as a tunnel that obscures your data as it travels through it.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s put you in the shoes of a remote worker, for a moment. One of the biggest obstacles to your productivity is going to be your inherent lack of access to in-house data and resources. The VPN provides a simple means of resolving that challenge, by establishing a secure connection between your remote terminal and the workplace\u2019s network infrastructure. That way, you can access the data and other resources stored there as though you were in the office itself.<\/p>\n
A good VPN offers a very important layer of security for users outside of the office. It doesn\u2019t give you a free pass from using other security protections, but it does secure the communication between a device and your network when the device is on a network that you don\u2019t control (like a home network, or free Wi-Fi at a public place).<\/p>\n
The VPN, after all, is a virtual private network. To maintain that privacy, the VPN hides the data it carries behind encryption protocols. As a result, any data that a snooping cybercriminal does catch a glimpse of is jumbled and scrambled beyond coherence.<\/p>\n
In essence, a VPN allows your remote team members to access their in-house resources, without adding any undue risk to your business or its data.<\/p>\n
Interested in learning more about virtual private networking, or other crucial pieces of modern business IT? Lean on Nexela for more assistance! Give us a call at (215) 525-3223 to find out what we can offer through our managed services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With remote work remaining a popular option embraced by many businesses nowadays, it is more important than ever that security is prioritized amongst the employees now operating outside of the office. One facet of doing so is to implement a virtual private network, or a VPN. Let\u2019s go over what a VPN is, and how it works to protect your business\u2019 data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[145,110,67],"class_list":["post-4854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-network","tag-remote","tag-security"],"yoast_head":"\n