VPN (Virtual Private Networks)

Only a few years ago, the firewall was perceived by most companies as a pretty exotic device- only suitable for military-style security. Today, with hacking and spam email a fact of life, security is a vital option on even the most basic computer network. Not only that- it's a moving target!

Loopholes get exploited and plugged in a constant battle of wills that would make a great film script!

Principal therefore strongly endorses security expenditure; and recommends BorderWare Technologies' firewall products. BorderWare are market leaders in "application-specific" security appliances for network firewalls with VPN capability, email and other functional capacities on-board. BorderWare is the choice of many military and intelligence agencies worldwide- and we think they're good enough for your office too, furthermore at a price that's within reach of smaller businesses. There are cheaper substitutes, but we urge you only to consider a substitute unit on the basis of a lower perceived risk (and very few companies consider losing their data "low-risk"!), rather than lower cost.

The Borderware Firewall Server is a comprehensive, integrated solution for securing your internet connection, and ensures complete control over all inbound and outbound traffic. IP Security server options provide full VPN functionality, allowing a transparent, and yet fully encrypted, link between two or more trusted sites. At the other end of your VPN (for example a home PC), the BorderWare VPN client is easily installed, and is entirely transparent to the end user.

Your Principal adviser will be able to recommend the right products for networking and accessing external resources,without compromising security.

For more information, call us on 0800 132908.

See also:

> Learn more about security here
> Supporting your network
> Learn more about LAN's here
> How Server-based computing can help home-workers and branch offices