Today we want to share the story of how we helped one of our clients, a financial services firm, overcome one of the most critical challenges they faced at the start of the pandemic: how to provide adequate security to their 15 employees while working remotely.
Most people won’t see a major problem in this situation. Anyone can think something like – well, it’s no big deal. Keep your antivirus updated and don’t exchange any passwords with your colleagues or family, simple.
The thing is this: all the data traffic that was happening behind the office’s walls was secured by the internal network of the company and its on-site firewall protection. When the pandemic hit, the company was left with no other option than to let their staff go to their homes, and no plan was traced to manage data security. Like our client, thousands of other small businesses faced this situation.
Our solution
At Wingman Solutions, we added an extra layer, a completely software-based solution that serves as a cloud-based firewall-protected network for all your company’s devices. With the deployment of this cloud-based system, we provided our client with VPN encryption, a virtual firewall, static company-wide IP, zero-trust architecture, & content filtering in an easy-to-install, one-click setup.
Let’s dive deeper into what each of these features did for our client and what they can do for you:
- VPN encryption: Our software includes a VPN tool that ensures that all incoming and outgoing data passes through an end-to-end 256-bit encrypted tunnel between your connected devices and a private VPN server.
- Static IP: A static IP address is included in our software solution to ensure that you can lock down cloud resources from brute force attacks.
- Virtual Firewall: This feature ensures that your device sends traffic through a virtual firewall. Malicious packets are stripped out before they can attack your device.
- Zero-Trust: Our solution includes a zero-trust architecture to set access rules to your devices & servers whether on-premises or in the cloud. This way we can help you prevent brute force attacks with the click of a button.
With our cloud-based remote workforce solutions, our client was able to get up and running with safe at-home networks and secure remote access that was simple to use. At-home employees were easily connected as if they were in the office, thanks to the deployment of this secure remote access solution.
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The benefits
No-hassle instant deployment
No hardware equipment required
Protected home networks for employees
A cloud-based secured network for your employees, regardless of their location
The result
With this easy-to-setup solution, we allowed our financial services client to manage the personally identifiable information of hundreds of clients that they work with.
Not only did we provide a secure solution to our client, but it permitted them to stay compliant with data security regulations, assuring that they can manage their client’s data in a safe way.
Conclusion
This is only an example of the many advantages that cloud solutions can bring to your company. Secure your remote teams with Wingman Solutions, click here to schedule a demo.
