Security vulnerabilities of traveling laptops
The overwhelming increase in the mobility of the corporate workforce and the availability of wireless internet connections in airports, hotels, and coffee houses, creates an unbearable challenge to IT managers. Outside the corporate network these laptops are at the frontline without the first line of defense provided by the corporate network security. Whenever employees, traveling with their laptops, connect to a hotel hotspot, they are in fact connecting their corporate computers to an unsecured network, shared by hundreds of guests. This innocent connection jeopardizes sensitive data and can bring back security threats into the corporate network when returned to the office.
- Traveling laptops are exposed to security threats due to PC related vulnerabilities
- Traveling laptops bring back security threats into the corporate network when returned to the office.
The enforcement challenge
As long as the corporate users stay within the corporate network, they are protected by the enterprise security infrastructure, a robust first line of defense managed by professionals. But when traveling, these users have to rely on the security software installed on their laptops and to manage their security independently. Security updates, configurations, and even use of prohibited software or sites (e.g. P2P, adult sites, etc.) cannot be enforced on travelling laptops, creating inconsistencies in terms of the security level which consequently jeopardize corporate network security.
- Traveling laptops rely on the individual users (e.g. download of security updates, avoidance of prohibited sites and not installing unauthorized software)
- Traveling laptops create inconsistencies in terms of the security level which consequently jeopardize corporate network security
Yoggie extends the same level of security enforced within the corporate network
Yoggie equips the roaming workforce with the same level of security as inside the corporate network. The advantages of the robust enterprise security gateway is packed into a easy-to-carry, miniaturized personal security server that connects to the laptop via USB and packed with 13 different security software solutions including Firewall, VPN, IDS/IPS, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, and more. Yoggie fulfills the IT Manager’s desire to have full control of the roaming user’s security and to equip them with unmatched defenses that secure the actual laptop and also protect the corporate network.
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