Moving the Office Home: VDI, VPN, and Security Architecture in Remote Work
With the change in working models, the concept of "office" has ceased to be a physical space and moved wherever there is the internet. However, processing company data on devices outside the office has created brand new challenges for the cybersecurity world. Unprotected modems and personal devices in homes are the weakest links to infiltrate corporate networks. As Sistekno, we compare VPN and VDI technologies that protect corporate data like fixtures while increasing employee productivity, and we examine the golden rules of secure remote working.
Secure Tunnels with VPN (Virtual Private Network)
One of the most common and oldest methods of remote working is VPN. A VPN creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between the employee's home device and the corporate network. In this way, data is transferred securely over the internet. However, since the data is physically downloaded to the employee's endpoint device, malware infecting that device can threaten the company network by passing through the VPN tunnel.
Keeping Data at the Center with VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)
Taking security to the next level, VDI technology hosts the operating system and all applications in the company's data center (or cloud). The employee only opens a "window" to this virtual desktop from their own computer.
- Data is never downloaded to the employee's personal device (laptop, tablet).
- Even if the device is stolen or hacked, the company data is safe in the data center.
- All software updates and security patches are made by the IT team from a single center in seconds.
Working independent of location should not mean compromising security. Determining whether you need the practicality of VPN or the centralized security of VDI according to your institution's workload and user profiles requires a correct IT strategy. By integrating Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Zero Trust approaches into these infrastructures with Sistekno expertise, you can make your remote working experience both uninterrupted and impenetrable.
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