Secure Remote Access solutions
Remote work is here to stay. NordLayer keeps your team connected and protected—wherever they are.
USE CASES
When Secure Remote Access is needed?
Remote access of internal resources
Access internal resources securely from anywhere, boosting collaboration and productivity while ensuring data protection.
Compliance regulations
Ensure compliance with data protection laws through secure connections, safeguarding customer trust and sensitive information.
Mobile-driven workforce
Empower a mobile workforce with secure, encrypted access, transforming devices into safe gateways against cyber threats.
Vendor access management
Grant access to sensitive info and systems exclusively to authorized vendors and only to relevant workspaces, enhancing security and collaboration.
Remote employees
Secure data and information with strong authentication and access controls for remote employees, maintaining high security standards.
Privilege & access management
Control access through advanced identity and authorization management, ensuring only the right eyes on critical information.
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OVERVIEW
What is Secure Remote Access?
Secure Remote Access tools allow employees to safely connect to company resources—files, apps, networks, and devices—from anywhere, without compromising data security.
It acts as a secure digital gateway, protecting sensitive information while enabling seamless remote work. With Secure Remote Access, your team can stay productive on the go—backed by strong encryption and access controls.
Secure on your terms
Toggle-ready security that grows with your business
Simple to deploy. Even simpler to scale. The NordLayer platform helps you keep your people protected, whether you’re onboarding five or five thousand.
UNDER THE HOOD
How do Secure Remote Access tools work?
Secure Remote Access tools combine several technologies to create a secure connection between users and company systems. This includes encrypted network connectors, VPNs, IP masking, and multi-factor authentication.
Think of it as a private, protected tunnel that only verified users—employees, partners, or contractors—can use to reach files, apps, databases, or servers from anywhere. Built-in security measures help block threats and ensure authorized access, so remote work stays productive and protected.
FEATURED BENEFITS
Protect your team without slowing them down
Secure access anywhere, on any device
Network access controls give organizations advanced protection. Manage user permissions to business applications, resources, and data based on employee responsibility—whether they work on-site or remotely.
Robust network security
Securing the integrity of the network is essential, given that users often use multiple devices to undertake their work. Extending protection to laptops, tablets, and smartphones alike is vital.
Safe & secure app access
Organizations rely on many web-based and internet-focused applications as part of their IT environment. As a result, users require protection whenever they connect to the internet, not just to connect to the organization’s on-premises resources.
Seamless productivity anywhere
NordLayer enables seamless work from any location, ensuring employees stay productive and connected. Wherever they log in, our Secure Remote Access solutions, including VPN technologies, provide a consistent, efficient work experience on any device. It's about turning any space into a secure office.
Effortless IT management
Effortless IT management is at the core of NordLayer's offering, simplifying the deployment, maintenance, and scaling of secure remote access. Our intuitive platform reduces the IT burden, making security management a streamlined, worry-free process.
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CONSISTENT SECURITY, ANYWHERE
Manage remote access across users, devices & apps
Today’s hybrid work environments demand flexible security. No matter where your users, devices, or data are located, NordLayer ensures consistent, advanced protection—helping reduce your attack surface and keep threats at bay.
Users
Add multi-layered auth for all users and third-party vendors using multi-factor authentication (2FA), Single-Sign-On (SSO), Azure, OneLogin, and JumpCloud.
Devices
Secure the network against outside threats and detect compromised remote devices that are used to infiltrate the network perimeter.
Applications
Secure access management to your various applications, cloud resources, and other accounts through ZTNA and network segmentation.
PLATFORM COMPATIBILITY
Integrate NordLayer with other platforms
NORDLAYER SOLUTIONS
Everything you need for safe remote access
Identity & Access Management
Ensure remote users can only access the data and resources they’re authorized to—nothing more. IAM verifies user identity and applies the right level of access control across the network.
Remote Access VPN
Create an encrypted tunnel between your resources and remote employees. NordLayer’s VPN protects online activity and keeps user connections private and secure.
Network Access Control
Strengthen visibility and control over your network by setting device and user-based access policies—helping prevent unauthorized access across all endpoints.
Threat Prevention
Automatically block untrusted websites and suspicious users to stop malware and cyber threats before they reach your devices.
Remote Workforce Access
Protect your distributed team with layered security: identity verification, multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, VPN, adaptive authentication, and more.
FLEXIBLE BY DESIGN
Build your own Secure Remote Access solution with NordLayer
NordLayer offers a flexible set of security tools that let you create a remote access solution tailored to your organization’s unique needs.
Cloud LAN
2FA
SSO
Biometrics
Jailbroken device detection
Network segmentation
Web Protection
Strengthen your network with NordLayer’s Secure Remote Access
Start building your Secure Remote Access setup today—or talk to one of our security specialists to find the right fit for your team.
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OUR INSIGHTS
Secure Remote Access resources
Additional info
Frequently asked questions
Secure Remote Access combines several security features to ensure only authorized access to business assets and guard against stolen or leaked sensitive information. These features include - but are not limited to - Remote Access VPN, multi-factor authentication (2FA), and Identity & Access Management (IAM).
With the number of global remote users sharply increasing in recent years, organizations are strengthening their security infrastructure with Secure Remote Access tools and adopting revised best practices for mobile users in remote locations.
Secure Remote Access employs technologies like VPN and SSL/TLS for secure data transmission, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), VNC, and SSH for remote system control. It utilizes Zero Trust frameworks for continuous authentication and Cloud Firewalls to monitor and control network traffic, ensuring robust security.
There are many ways to implement Secure Remote Access, but there are four key focus areas. Creating a cybersecurity policy at your organization will make your remote employees your first line of defense and ensure they only use company-owned devices. Choosing a Secure Remote Access security product like NordLayer is the next step — make sure to use an adaptive security solution that tailors to the needs of your business. Utilize password management and multi-factor authentication to protect devices used and provide an additional layer of security to the network.
Once all is in place, it’s crucial to replenish cybersecurity knowledge across the company with compulsory cybersecurity training for new starters and regular refresher sessions for your existing staff.
Secure Remote Access can help avoid sensitive data and assets from being in the wrong hands. Cybercriminals can take any form and look to acquire information for personal gain, hold to ransom, or leak into the public domain. It’s more important than ever to safeguard your organization’s remote workforce against an attack where possible, and Secure Remote Access is an excellent place to start.
It is a modern network security solution that enables teams to work safely from anywhere, anytime, and on any device. It creates an encrypted tunnel between resources, endpoint devices, and employees, shielding online activity and safeguarding sensitive areas of the network. With AES-256 bit and ChaCha20 encryption, this solution hides all traffic from eavesdropping, ensuring secure connections. NordLayer's Remote Access VPN guarantees secure access to protected company data for both in-office and remote workers, allowing seamless and controlled connectivity to company resources across any internet connection.
To achieve the most secure remote access, choose solutions with multilayered security. Relying on only one remote access protocol is risky. Ensure your solution also uses VPN technologies to encrypt data during connection and includes strong access controls like multiple Zero Trust features. This ensures safe access through layered authentication.
The safest way to establish remote access is with a multilayered security approach. Relying solely on a remote access protocol without additional protection is unsafe. Opt for a solution with VPN technologies for encryption and robust access controls, like Zero Trust features, to ensure strong, layered authentication.