VPNs Aren’t Going Away, But They Are Rapidly Evolving
VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, have been around for a long time. VPN may mean different things for different folks. A VPN may be the hub and spoke model that was augmented by other technologies from MPLS to SD-WAN. Hub and spoke VPNs still exist. When the concept of Secure Remote Access comes up, VPN will commonly come to mind. This remote access may be a full layer 3 tunnel, which is not exceedingly secure because there is too much implicit trust, or it may be a browser-based, single application session, which is more secure. Today’s VPNs need to be as secure as possible, thus Zero Trust was born.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a massive shift in workforces everywhere. While work from home had been the exception rather than the rule, it suddenly became standard practice for a variety of industries, including healthcare, education and government.
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As the world continues to grapple with the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus, superlatives seem to fail by the wayside. Whether it is the speed of disease transmission, over-crowded hospitals, the empty airplanes and trains, or the rapid descent into economic recession, we are experiencing an unimaginable change in our daily lives.
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