Secure Remote Access (3)
Are You Leaving Third Party Risk Management to Guesswork?
Third-party risk management is never something that should be neglected or left to guesswork. Unfortunately, third-party data breaches have proven to be catastrophic for organizations worldwide. Recent attacks such as the SolarWinds breach and the Kaseya incident demonstrate the need for increased third-party risk management.
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VPN's Role in SASE
In 2019, the research firm Gartner coined the term “secure access service edge” (SASE) to describe “ … network security functions (such as SWG, CASB, FWaaS and ZTNA), with WAN capabilities (i.e., SDWAN) to support the dynamic secure access needs of organizations.” The idea that remote users can have secure access, no matter where they work, became
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When Employees Skip Network Security
Edit: OpenVPN Cloud is now CloudConnexa® — learn more here. Last year, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses and enterprises alike shifted to remote work. In fact, the 2021 Remote Workforce Security Report found that 75% of companies shifted 75% of their workforce to remote work. When the report was released in early August, the
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Your Team's Kids Could Be Putting Your Network At Risk
Working from home has never been more common; the remote-team trend has been rising for a while now, but COVID-19 caused a surge like never before. If your team is one of the many that have made the switch, you might need to think about your network security in new ways, too. Are you prepared for the risks that come with a fully remote team?
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What is SAML?
What is SAML? SAML, which stands for Security Assertion Markup Language, is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between an identity provider and a service provider.
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LDAP Authentication
Simplify Your Identity Management and Access Control Integrate OpenVPN Access Server with Directory-as-a-Service As your company grows, you’ll need to make adjustments to your business processes and systems in order to keep up with your growth. An important area that should change with growth is access control and identity management..
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The New Cloudflare VPN: What It Is And Is Not
There's been some talk around the Internet about the recently launched Cloudflare VPN, which claims to be a stronger, more modern VPN – namely because it's built on the WireGuard protocol. It’s true that as an open source project, WireGuard is doing some exciting things. But the way in which it’s being compared to the OpenVPN protocol isn’t quite
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How The Great Resignation Weakened Network Security (and What You Can Do About It)
No matter what industry you’re in, you likely have faced a talent shortage in the last few years. In 2021, 47 million people quit their jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — that was 23% of the total U.S. workforce. In 2022, roughly 38 million more quit. Employees everywhere are reevaluating their career choices, seeking better
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