A remote access virtual private network (VPN) enables users who are working remotely to securely access and use applications and data that reside in the corporate data center and headquarters, encrypting all traffic the users send and receive.
The remote access VPN does this by creating a tunnel between an organization’s network and a remote user that is “virtually private,” even though the user may be in a public location. This is because the traffic is encrypted, which makes it unintelligible to any eavesdropper. Remote users can securely access and use their organization’s network in much the same way as they would if they were physically in the office. With remote access VPN, data can be transmitted without an organization having to worry about the communication being intercepted or tampered with.
