Security Considerations When Deploying Remote Access Solutions

Security considerations are always a major issue when deploying a remote access solution. Successful implementations must provide effective authentication and access control and care must also be taken to ensure that data is secured during transport over the network. Additional considerations arise when target devices are hosted as guests on remote networks administered by others. In such cases, particular care must be taken to ensure that their systems do not open the hosting network to outside threats. This paper reviews some of the common technologies used by security professionals when developing secure remote access solutions, along with some of the challenges faced when implementing such deployments in the real world.