A walk through VPNs

Virtual Private Network (VPN) establishes a secure connection between your device and a remote location. It generates a tunnel from the device to the VPN service. All the online traffic goes through this tunnel to the VPN server, and then to the internet service that it’s connecting to it. This hides the origin of your traffic and makes it look like it comes from your VPN service. All your traffic is encrypted and your IP address is hidden, so only your service provider can know what you are doing.

VPN uses encryption to scramble data when sent over a Wi-Fi network, making the data unreadable. A VPN extends a corporate network through encrypted connections made over the network. Because the traffic is encrypted between the device and the network, which allows traffic to remains private as it travels. An employee can work remotely and still securely connect to the corporate network.

VPN has security risks that make VPN vulnerable to cyber threats such as Data Leaks as VPN hides your traffic and IP address yet they leak your data through the VPN tunnel. VPN has poorly-configured encryption and malware infections, if the VPN isn’t monitored properly malware can be injected into your device which leads to spying activities and spamming your organization with spamming you with malicious ads and stealing personal information, lastly VPN privacy policy can be shady which puts all your privacy and data into risks. however, a VPN helps protect against malicious hackers by helping protect your data. It creates an encrypted tunnel for the data you send and receive that’s out of reach of cyberthieves. VPN will also protect your IP and encrypt your internet history. VPN protects organisations sensitive information, internal documents and other trade secrets that a company would want to protect. Lastly VPN protects your company from hackers, therefore all businesses should strive to have a VPN.

Different Types of VPN (Virtual Private Network):

Remote Access: a remote access VPN securely connects devices outside the corporate, the devices are known as endpoints such as laptops. Advances in VPN technology have allowed security checks to be conducted on endpoints to make sure they meet certain criteria before connecting

Site-to-site: A site-to-site VPN connects the corporate office to branch offices over the Internet. Site-to-site VPNs is used when distance makes it not possible to have direct network connections between the offices.

How is VPN useful for enterprises?

VPN is useful and important for enterprises because it protects organisations from data breaches. VPN secures the enterprise data, it also allows remote access such as connecting to IT resources, transferring data and it secures and protects the network from malicious websites. VPN is very useful for enterprises because it allows an access control system that is authenticated and authorizes users by evaluating required credentials, meaning that it verifies that the person is who they claims to be, and authorizing the appropriate access levels and permissions associated with the username or IP address.