{"id":3149,"date":"2019-10-29T10:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2019-10-29T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T09:30:40","slug":"how-a-vpn-can-be-a-game-changer-for-any-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/how-a-vpn-can-be-a-game-changer-for-any-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"How a VPN can be a game-changer for any startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever since the Snowden leaks, it\u2019s become\nclear that internet users should always use a virtual private network to keep\nthemselves private and secure online. A VPN service has dozens of security\nfeatures, such as the ones we talked about in NordVPN\nevaluation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how can a VPN be useful for a business? Is my business too small to require a VPN?<\/strong> Furthermore, isn\u2019t my business already protected by the company intranet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a look at a few ways a VPN is an\nessential asset to any business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total\nsecurity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A VPN resolves this issue because it disguises\nyour connection altogether. More specifically, it routes your connection\nthrough a different server than the one provided by your IP. It then encrypts\nyour connection using powerful software so that it cannot be traced back to\nyou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad actors have methods of creeping around firewalls and antivirus software. Once they\u2019ve found a way into your system, they have complete control over your personal information. When you\u2019re handling business data\u2014or worse, customer data\u2014the repercussions of this data falling into the wrong hands can be severe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This practically makes you invisible online,\nand if your business servers are protected this way, it can make your entire\nintranet impossible to find. With a VPN, then, you need not worry about any\ndata breaches that could affect your business, your customers, or your\nreputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working\nremote<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the dangers of employees working\nremotely is that they are away from your business\u2019 protected servers and\nintranet. An employee working from home may not have the most secure\nconnection. Even worse, an employee working in, say, a caf\u00e9 will be exposed to\ndisastrously unsafe public WiFi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, when your employees are working away, the data held by your business is in danger.<\/strong> That\u2019s where a VPN comes in. If you go with a business VPN that offers multiple (or unlimited) connections, then the software can be installed on your employee\u2019s device to ensure it never goes unprotected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This practice allows your business strategy to be a bit more flexible<\/strong>. It allows an employee to remain productive if, for instance, the weather makes it dangerous for them to travel to work. Better yet, it lets business lunches become a whole lot less stressful for your management team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a bonus, an employee using your business\u2019 VPN is able to access your business\u2019 intranet. This means you do not have to email intranet-stored documents to your employee<\/strong>, they do not have to save it on an easily losable memory stick, and so on. Your business\u2019 data can remain totally secure whilst being accessible to employees working away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retain\naccess while travelling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of course, working remotely doesn\u2019t just refer to coffee shops. Sometimes, your employees will have to travel abroad for conferences, business meetings, and the like. Aside from the security risks we\u2019ve just talked about, operating from a foreign country with tighter content filtering can mean some of the required data is completely inaccessible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a VPN reroutes your connection through a\ndifferent server, it can bypass a country\u2019s firewall altogether. This is\nbecause your connection will no longer fall under the country\u2019s jurisdiction.\nAs a result, you can successfully circumvent overly strict censorship laws with\nno worry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the toughest countries such as\nChina\u2014known for its \u2018Great Firewall\u2019 that prevents its citizens from accessing\nthousands of western websites\u2014you will likely need a stronger VPN provider. The\nreason for this is because the Chinese firewall is specifically designed to\nprevent VPN services from bypassing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stronger providers such as NordVPN, which we\nlinked to a review of at the beginning of this article, will have the requisite\ntools to bypass difficult censorship laws. It\u2019s worth having a read around our\nother reviews to see which options are available if this applies to your\nbusiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best thing about this is that all the\npoints made in our previous section also apply. Before VPN services entered\npopular usage, there was no way an employee could access a local intranet based\nin London while they were travelling in, say, India. It opens up so many\npossibilities for the future of your business strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing\nthoughts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

VPN services are also, in most cases,\naffordable, even when you go for the flashier and more powerful business\npackages. This can be an enormous weight off the mind of anyone who runs a\nbusiness, especially a small- or medium-sized business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it may be tempting to cut costs even\nfurther, we recommend avoiding free VPN services. Many of these services claim\nto offer the highest level of security, but you should beware that they often\nfail to prove what makes their service so secure. In the worst cases, they also\nsell your data, which is an enormous invasion of privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best thing to do is, as we mentioned\nearlier, check out a few reviews to see what works for your business. You can\ncheck out a library of <\/a>VPN reviews<\/a>\nhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since the Snowden leaks, it\u2019s become clear that internet users should always use a virtual private network to keep themselves private and secure online. A VPN service has dozens of security features, such as the ones we talked about in NordVPN evaluation. But how can a VPN be useful for a business? Is my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[176,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3152,"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions\/3152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupxplore.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}