Bringing Zero Trust to Secure Remote Access
Demand for secure remote access has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Here Omdia profiles more secure alternatives to virtual private network (VPN) technology.
The coronavirus pandemic has put secure remote access technology in the spotlight as never before. In 2020, the WFH acronym was seared into the consciousness of countless organizations, as their office staff was forced to decamp suddenly and, often for extended periods, to work from home offices (i.e. back bedrooms, living rooms or kitchens) around the world.
Of course, the trend for knowledge workers to "work from anywhere" had begun long before that: 2005 is generally agreed to be the year in which the number of laptops sold surpassed that of desktops for the first time as the primary form factor for personal computing. Indeed, since the turn of the millennium, technology to enable the so-called “road warrior” has been a staple of hardware and software vendors, as well as providers of various types of connectivity and security services.