VPN & SSL-VPN Remote Access

Most businesses now require access to their data from remote locations. This may be a requirement of remote sales staff, another branch office location or just giving the flexibility of working remotely to staff. There are several methods of setting up remote access and there are key IT components that work together to acheive the remote access solution.

Typical remote access solutions can include remote email access and file access using a standard web browser. These can be acheived using a variety of technologies such as Microsoft Terminal Services, VPN, and SSL-VPN. Such solutions can also be incorporated with user authenitcation technologies including biometrics to ensure the person logging on is who they say they are.

The important factor is Riven Associates can provide you a solution for your companies remote access needs.

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Virtual private networks (VPN) can be a cost effective and secure way for different businesses to provide users access to the corporate network and for remote networks to communicate with each other across the internet. VPN connections are more cost-effective than dedicated private lines and will allow individual users or branch offices to be connected to your main office. Usually this will involve having a desktop client software component or a dedicated Firewall/VPN appliance to establish the VPN tunnel. Riven Associates can asess your network and decide which VPN solution best suits your needs.

SSL-VPN

Riven Associates SSL-VPN solutions provide users and companies with a flexible and secure way to present network resources to any remote user with access to the Internet and a Web browser without the need for dedicated client VPN software,

Remote network access based on SSL-VPN will allow users to securely access network resources by establishing an encrypted tunnel across the Internet using virtually any internet connection. SSL-VPN solutions allow you to extend your network and company applications to remote workers and branch offices. The technologies behind SSL-VPN ensures that only staff with the relevant security can access data and applications relevant to them. Staff will connect to the office resources via a web browser and be asked to authenticate on to the network.