Exploring The Most Secure Remote Access Methods

In an age of global business with multinational companies with worldwide branches and offices, organizations need to find out solutions to protect their business from any form of disruptions. The business environment being very technologically sound, every new innovation is adopted by these organizations to face the aggressively competitive world. However, the highly techno savvy and networked work environment meant for easy access of information and data across regions need to be secure from every aspect.

The expansion of business globally has also brought in a new group the mobile workforce. To provide them with an anytime anywhere access to the corporate network and to the their office desktops, software professionals have worked out business continuity remote access solutions. However, with an increasingly mobile workforce, and an equally increasing number of applications accessible from a number of devices, organizations need to work out secure remote access solutions. A virtual private network (VPN) is used by a number of organizations in their attempt to allow remote users to connect to the corporate network. Though VPNs use encryption to simulate a direct network connectivity, the security levels of this system when in transit or in commonplace is questionable.

Further, in their attempt to empower the mobile workforce, the leading players in the industry have also worked out solutions that would ensure a secure remote access. Such appliance based remote access solutions will boost the productivity levels of the employees. Not only will such solutions provide them a flexibility of work timings, it gives them the freedom to work on their office desktops from any location, from any device but under secure conditions. Further, this solution does not make use of any VPN user base additions or additional infrastructure.

With an increasing number of hand held devices through which gives access to the corporate network, the requirement for both security and mobility has only increased. The Universal Access Controllers can provide such enterprise level of flexibility, security and performance solutions for a secure remote access. Through such appliance-based remote desktop access solution, data leakage is prevented, as data never leaves the corporate network irrespective of the location or device use by the employees. Further, it makes use of the existing desktop application and security environment. Besides, with device compatibility, end-point control, multiple access and clientless identity based access, these remote desktop access appliance offer higher security levels than the legacy VPN which provide encryption based secure access.