The Pandemic dramatically increased the number of people working outside the walls of their company’s physical location. Many may be working at home or in public places like airports, hotels, coffeeshops and connecting through public networks.Many executives and IT professionals believe that equipping their employees with VPNs (virtual private networks) can protect their IT assets from bad actors in such public environments.
While VPNs are important, do they REALLY offer the protection that most executives believe? According to Vistage Speaker and IT Security Expert Mike Foster, President of the Foster Institute, VPN may mean very probably, not.’
Mr. Foster writes “While a VPN can protect data in transit, it does not protect against all threats on the local network, such as those present on a Wi-Fi network at a public location.” His recent blog post outlines the hidden, and significant risks, of VPNs and some simple and very cost-effective solutions that your IT professionals can quickly implement to safeguard it.
Be sure to share with anybody working remote “What Executives Must Know: VPNs and Public Network Security.”
