Introduced to the market nearly two decades ago, enterprise VPN technology has been uniquely enduring. Most large organizations still employ a VPN solution, and many seem to rely on it unquestioningly to provide secure remote access. It’s a rarefied position for a tool that hasn’t fundamentally changed in 20 years.
A VPN’s ability to provide employees, clients and third parties with “secure” remote access to internal applications is still considered a necessity in today’s corporate world. Yet what was once a simple and effective remote utility has become an increasingly inefficient and insecure solution when viewed in the context of today’s modern networks.
