Today’s digital world has become quite a scary place to hang out in. Almost every single day, we hear of someone losing money because thieves managed to get hold of their personal details. Maybe they were fooled into letting someone access their computer (or any of their devices) and then had it hijacked for further malicious attacks against other unsuspecting victims.
Luckily, a VPN can help in these situations, helping keep your business’ data safe and secure. Here’s how you and your business can take advantage of VPNs for a safer digital and financial experience.
What is VPN?
VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network” and is used to describe the extension of your private network across the internet. Your roaming employees and other authorized consumers will be able to send and receive data through the internet as if they were directly connected to your private network. Any software that you or they may be running will have access to everything inside your network, while you maintain its security and device management control.
A VPN is created by making a virtual tunnel using what are known as tunneling protocols, using encrypted data, and/or using a dedicated connection.
Extreme Security of Data
So, with a VPN, data going to and from your business will always be encrypted and pass through a tunnel that only you and the intended sender/recipient have access to. No one will be able to break into that tunnel. Even, if by some highly improbable chance, they were able to break in, they wouldn’t be able to make sense of the encrypted data.
Cut Communication Costs
Implementing a VPN can help you save money that would otherwise be spent on more expensive alternative communication methods. For example, have you ever had to make calls or access your servers using leased lines? If you have, you know their prices are exorbitantly high. Comparatively, VPNs cost only a fraction of leased lines.
Easy Scalability
If you have to grow your company into a multi-hubbed entity or if your business locations have grown, VPNs might also be a money-saving option. Opting for a private network would cost you a pretty penny. While the single network connection between the two sites might seem worth the expenses, this is where scalability comes in: what if you open yet another business location or two? You can see that your network communication costs are already growing exponentially, right? Well, with VPNs there are no such issues. Scalability can be done with ease – all you need to do is get the new location to join the virtual network and that’s it. Upward-mobile network connections at rock-bottom prices.
VoIP Security
One aspect of security that is often neglected is that of Voice over IP (VoIP) – the telephonic communication that is held over a secure digital connection. If you were to use communication applications like Skype to get work done face-to-face, for instance, you can make sure no one drops into the conversation by simply implementing a VPN and using it for all communications.
Hide Your Tracks
Everything you do on the internet can be traced back to you – you can be 100% sure of that – unless you have the common sense to use VPNs, which can help camouflage all your digital activities. If, for example, you were to investigate your competitors’ marketing efforts, their social accounts, their Yelp reviews, or the like, you would be able to hide your digital footprints by masking your IP address through a secure VPN.
Your Privacy and Security Rights
In an age where privacy and security have come under attack from almost every angle, you can make sure you enforce them by implementing your own VPN. There is almost no excuse for anyone to ask you to divulge your private affairs or lower your security. This means you are fully justified to implement this form of protection around your business and its website.
