Secure remote access to the Enterprise network is most flexibly provided by an SSL VPN solution.

Classic VPNs offer remote access via encrypted channels over the Internet.  With the near ubiquitous proliferation of SSL-encryption-enabled web browsers, complicated clients are no longer needed in order to establish secure channels across the Internet. Simple web browsers permit the use of standard, secure SSL tunnels to get remote access to enterprise applications.
SSL VPNs are clientless and permit secure ‘anytime – anywhere’ access.

SSL VPNs offer three significant benefits over classic IPSec VPNs:

1) They typically cost much less to implement and manage :
Hardware costs, deployment costs, maintenance and administration costs all decrease

2) They are more convenient for users and thereby increase employee productivity.
SSL VPNs also free employees from being bound to particular locations, laptops, or devices for the purpose of accessing internal resources. Users access all of their internal resources through a single, convenient customizable "portal" web page--from any web browser, anywhere, anytime.
Because SSL VPNs allow remote access to applications without attaching the user's computer to the internal network, they eliminate the serious security problems associated with having infected PCs attached to the enterprise LAN via a VPN.
When properly implemented (*), SSL VPNs can filter requests to ensure no worms or viruses can tunnel through it to internal systems.

3) They are more secure.
ComQuest has been implementing SSL VPN solutions since their introduction in the marketplace and can recommend and implement the optimal solution for any enterprise environment.

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