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by vipul bhargava

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Hi All,
I am in a situation where I need to find a solution for my increasing mobile workforce. I do have client to site VPN Licences but I have not rolled them out due to security concerns.
Myt basic issue is about the laptops not being protected whilst being in the big bad world(Airports/Hotels etc).
In such cases laptops may get infected by a Virus or Trojan which can then very easily get transmitted via the VPN or when users come back into the N/W.
One obvious solution is Personal Desktop Firewalls...any others? I guess I am just looking at what other organisations are doing in this regard.

Any feedback is welcome.

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by thinkaloud

Our clients uses B.efficient ( http://neusteps.com ). No bias here! :)

What happens is that B.efficient provides a sandbox environment for mobile workers to access and share sensitive documents. Virus or trojans that manage to infect a laptop will not be able to "launch" on the receiving end because of the security design on the client.

by seelanseelan

Laptop security

Use a firewall (like norton or ISS) on the laptop where the policy cannot be changed by the user but a policy server within your internal /DMZ. Attempted changeds are logged for admin information.

Use a VPN connection from the user laptop through your ISP to your Internet FW or just in front -if HW based.

AV is a must updated each time laptop is logged on to your network.

Have a token based Authentication scheme eg secure ID/ Smartcard based,etc. re-directed to teh Radius server by the FW

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