Remote Access White Paper

The increasing mobility of today's workers supports the need for corporate dial-in solutions. Many business users have Internet connectivity at their homes for personal use. This may suggest the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) for everyone. Unfortunately, users do not often have access to their local connections when traveling far from home. Additionally, VPN technology is not yet consumer ready. Wide scale deployment often requires a large technical staff capable of debugging often-difficult problems. Technically savvy users will have an easy time making connections. Others may find the technology difficult to use. There are other hurdles to entering the VPN game. Not all Internet Service Providers (ISP) provide the types of connections that can be leveraged to use VPN technology. This may limit choices for your users. Understanding this and other future needs and expectations will reduce the risk of rogue remote access points across the company. Consolidation of these access points into one centralized secure location is a win-win situation for users and for corporate security. As noted throughout this paper, having a centralized remote access solution can reduce administration time, increase security and overall enable business to perform at peak levels.