OVERVIEW
What is Secure Remote Access?
When work happens beyond office walls and collaboration spans across continents, Secure Remote Access becomes the key to unlocking productivity without compromising on data security. It's the digital gateway that connects professionals to their resources, allowing them to effortlessly access files, apps, and networks from anywhere, at any time. Like a bulletproof shield, this model safeguards sensitive information, fortifying the virtual bridges between users and their work environments, ensuring seamless and protected processes. With Secure Remote Access, the world is your office, and security is your unwavering ally.
SECURE REMOTE ACCESS
Importance of Secure Remote Access
Legacy network or application security systems are struggling to meet the performance, scalability, capability requirements of modern organizations down to the rise in numbers of remote workers. Access to the outside internet, applications, and internal networks increase risk levels significantly, so every user and device requires proper protection.
REDUCE RISK
Manage remote access
Modern organizations need modern security solutions that easily adapt to the complexities of today’s hybrid working environments. Wherever their location, users, devices, apps, and data must have the same advanced level of protection.
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.
RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS
Mitigate the risks of remote working
Next-generation threat protection and real-time threat intelligence.
USE CASES
When Secure Remote Access is needed?
Compliance regulations
By establishing a secure and controlled connection between employees and critical systems, organizations can ensure compliance with stringent data protection regulations. This streamlined approach empowers companies to meet regulatory requirements, safeguard sensitive information, and maintain the trust of their customers.
Mobile-driven workforce
By implementing robust security protocols and encrypted connections, this approach ensures that mobile devices become secure gateways rather than vulnerabilities. With Secure Remote Access, companies can confidently embrace the mobile-driven remote workforce & fortify their defenses against evolving cyber threats.
Vendor access management
By enforcing robust authentication protocols and granular access controls, businesses can ensure that only authorized individuals can access sensitive information and critical systems. This not only bolsters security but also unifies collaboration, fostering trusted partnerships while safeguarding valuable assets.
Remote employees
By adopting strong authentication measures and resilient access controls, organizations can uphold meticulous oversight over individuals' access privileges, fortifying the protection of sensitive data and proprietary information. Secure Remote Access model helps to cultivate an adaptable, high-performing workforce while upholding the utmost security standards.
Privilege & access management
By deploying formidable identity management frameworks and sophisticated authorization mechanisms, businesses can guarantee that only authorized individuals can access critical information and networks appropriately. This proactive administration of privileges enhances security, streamlines workflows, and safeguards valuable assets, enabling organizations to thrive in a connected and safeguarded digital ecosystem.
Internal resource access
By forging a secure and seamless connection, companies can enable users to access internal resources from anywhere, cultivating collaboration and enhancing productivity. With augmented data protection and tight access controls, the Secure Remote Access approach ensures businesses can leverage their internal resources securely and efficiently, unleashing innovation and propelling success.
HOW WE HELP
Benefits of NordLayer Secure Remote Access
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.
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.
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.
INTEGRATIONS
Integrate NordLayer with other platforms
SOLUTIONS
How can NordLayer solve your Secure Remote Access issues
OUR FEATURES
Use NordLayer to build your own Secure Remote Access solution
NordLayer’s range of adaptive security tools will help you assemble a custom Secure Remote Access solution for your organization’s needs.
Smart remote access
2FA
SSO
Biometrics
Jailbroken device detection
Network segmentation
ThreatBlock
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.
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.