Wk 4 Blog
This week’s blog may seem a little different, but when it
pertains to information security it’s always important. This week is going to discuss a little about
Virtual Private Networks or VPN’s as its commonly known as.
With the ever increasing expansion of the Internet and
global business, accessing data remotely has also increased. Consequently, the risk associated with
accessing sensitive data has therefore increased, and the potential for
stealing the data has risen as well. One
solution to help with protecting the data from remote locations is the use of
VPN’s. VPN’s are a secure way to
exchange data over the Internet between the user and the system they are
connected to. Because the data exchanged
is encrypted through a virtual tunnel, it’s nearly impossible to penetrate the
tunnel and steal the data. Furthermore,
even if the tunnel is somehow compromised, the data is still encrypted.
VPN’s are a must for business travelers or anyone who works
remotely, especially those that are using a public Wi-Fi connection. In most cases these types of people need to
have the capability to download large amounts of data and therefore need to
have the confidence and assurance of knowing the data is protected from point
to point; VPN’s offer the right type of protection at an affordable cost.
Keep in mind, as stated earlier, VPN’s are nearly impossible
to penetrate, but they are not 100%. For
instance, they can’t protect a user from downloading malicious malware, opening
an e-mail with a virus attached, or clicking on a fraudulent link. Therefore, use VPN’s as another layer of
security, as part of a bundled security suite.
Just like anything else, common sense and thinking before clicking are
always good habits to learn and practice.
So the next time you head out on a business trip or need to
download business data to one of your many devices, think of VPN. It may be the one thing that protects
traversing data between you and your businesses’ greatest asset, and keeps the
bad people at bay.
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