Duo Security launches fast, simple alternative to VPN

Enterprise users increasingly want access to their data while they're out of the office. This generally requires a VPN or Network Access Control (NAC) solution but these can be time consuming and complex to set up and administer.

To make things faster and simpler, trusted access specialist Duo Security is launching a major commercial implementation of Google's BeyondCorp framework that drastically improves and simplifies management of how employees and devices access critical corporate applications.

According to Duo a third of access requests to a corporate network come from outside the firewall, increasing the risk for unauthorized remote access to sensitive data. With Duo Beyond, enterprise customers can allow for remote access to their on-premise resources without using a VPN or NAC application. Unlike a VPN that allows access to the entire network once a user is logged in, Duo Beyond allows security managers to easily provide access and control which applications users can reach.

It can be deployed faster than traditional solutions too as there's no client software installed on the endpoints. This also means it works regardless of the device being used and whether it's company owned or BYOD.

"Duo Beyond works on the assumption that no traffic coming in or out of the network should be inherently trusted," says Routing Sun, Duo's product marketing manager. "It independently validates the trust of the user and the device every time they log in to a particular application. It can differentiate between company owned and managed devices and those owned by employees that the company has no control over. It allows access to be given to a particular application without exposing the rest of the network, and the level of access can be varied dynamically depending on the device and its location."

You can find out more and set up a free trial on the Duo website.

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