2020 was the year of the distributed workforce. The unexpected growth of the remote working environment, and the need for secure access to a lot of applications, data, and services has made the humble VPN a top priority for I&O leaders everywhere, particularly in the risk management space. The Gartner Market Guide for Virtual Private Networks provides essential background and recommendations for the changing network landscape, and highlights some of the biggest security risks facing organizations today, including that from mobile commuting.
Key Findings from Gartner
VPN access has arguably become the most important technology to enable WFH... Increasing numbers of networked locations as well as users with multiple devices, will drive many companies to support larger numbers of concurrent secure connections and, potentially, more bandwidth through their secure gateways.