In today’s fast-moving world, business does not pause, not at midnight or even during a storm. To keep up with this fast pace of business, companies have to empower their employees to be able to work from anywhere. These employees could be working from a different city or even a different country, however, their location cannot be a factor that gets in their way of conducting business. To empower employees to have access to the company’s internal server so that they could continue working despite their location, VPN plays a pivotal role.
VPN solution
MAKING SECURE REMOTE ACCESS A REALITY
VPN, which is short for Virtual Private Network, is an internet security solution that builds an encrypted connection between remote employee devices and the company servers. If you have employees who are working remotely or have job profiles that expect them to be on the field most of the time, then VPN helps them to gain secure access to the company’s internal data and applications. Thus, VPN lets your employees access the company data regardless of their physical location, and more importantly without compromising on security.
The advantages of VPN in a nutshell
Safe and secure VPN tunnel to easily access your apps, business systems, and clouds
End-to-end encryption for remote employees, even when they are working on public Wi-Fi
Rapid deployment
Remote Access VPN
With Fomitec VPN Services, your employees can access the company data from anywhere whether they are at home or traveling to a different country. This service is important when your sales teams have to travel for client meetings across the city or to entirely different cities or countries. It is also beneficial for companies that have employees placed across the globe or have a team of people who work from home.
Your business continuity plan remains complete without a competent Remote Access VPN in place.
Site-to-Site VPN
A site-to-site Virtual Private network forges an encrypted connection between two or more networks. For example, a company can use a site-to-site VPN to connect its corporate office network with its branch office network allowing employees in both the offices to get access to vital resources.
Site-to-site VPN is widely used by companies that have multiple offices set in different locations.
Intranet-based-site-to-site VPN
Under an Intranet-based-site-to-site VPN, the local area networks (LANs) are connected to the same wide area network (WAN).
Extranet-based-site-to-site-VPN
An extranet-based-site-to-site VPN created an encrypted connection between two separate intranets to create a shared environment. For Eg, a supplier may have such a connection with all its customers. An extranet allows different companies to do business with each other.
Tunneling
Most companies depend on VPN tunneling to connect devices or networks.
So what is a VPN tunnel?
A VPN tunnel is an encrypted and secure connection between a device and an external network.
Tunneling uses encapsulation and transmission protocols to build secure tunnels over which information is sent. The data is transmitted over the network in the form of data packets while the information concealed inside these data packets is called a payload
The VPN tunnel is advantageous because it veils your online activity. When you connect your device or company’s network to another network through a VPN tunnel and not directly, you can prevent hackers or competitors from tracking your online activity or making a record of your IP address. Veiling the IP address is important because, like your home or office address, an IP address can give away your location while you are online. A VPN tunnel is especially necessary when you are using public wifi at coffee shops, hotels, or airports.
Requirements for creating a tunnel -
- Carrier protocol: The network transport protocol over which the information is traveling. An example of carrier protocol is PPP (Point to point protocol).
- Encapsulation protocol: This protocol is used to hide or encapsulate data packets inside other packets. Examples of Encapsulation Protocols are GRE, IPSec, L2F, PPTP, L2TP.
- Passenger protocol: These are the original data packets that have to be sent between devices using the tunnel. Examples of Passenger Protocol are IP, IPX.
FOMI Technologies LLC has a team of experienced engineers who are adept at the rapid design and implementation of secure VPN Networks while respecting the requirements of the customer. While taking Fomitec VPN Services, our engineers use routers and firewalls of reputed brands so that our clients benefit from the best in the Industry.