Personal and enterprise applications for mobile business are now coming to the attention of corporations thanks to great leaps in technology. Mobile business’ promise of improved efficiency, cost savings, improved customer satisfaction and new business opportunities are all very attractive factors. Concepts such as mobile enterprise, mobile offices and mobile business have therefore sprung up in response.
Thanks to its ease of configuration, the latest generation of virtual private networking service (SSL VPN) is now the first choice for the companies seeking to safeguard the security of their data transmissions. The key to SSL VPN is the use of a communication layer encoding protocol to protect communications between the server and the client while at the same time satisfying the need for ease of use in remote access. The greatest advantage to SSL VPN is that after it has been installed on the server, the user only needs a browser that supports SSL in order to connect to the company's backend systems. This makes both the initial rollout and follow-up maintenance easy.
Apart from creating a safe communication channel, the need for authentication is also an important part of security. At the minimum, a password is required to authenticate a user. Static passwords however have many flaws, such as: the passwords are easy to guess or the keystrokes can be recorded, password entry may be observed, or the passwords can be cracked by using a variety of tools. Due to the multiple flaws that exist with the use of a static password, any password stolen or acquired through eavesdropping will come across as authentic. It is therefore necessary to establish a second factor of authentication in order increase the confidence level of the security validation process.
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Low Total Cost of Ownership |
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End to End Multi-Layered |
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Security Architecture |
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Multiple Access Privilege |
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Management |
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Differentiated Access Control |
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High Usability |
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Two-factor Authentication |
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