Securing VPN services
Each cloud provider has its own implementation of a VPN service. VPNs allow network-based access to private resources over untrusted networks.
Following are some of the common VPN services concepts:
- Combined with a firewall, a VPN allows organizations to access and manage their internal resources (both sides of the VPN tunnel) in a secure manner.
- A VPN allows corporate users to connect to their organization's cloud environment from either the corporate network or from home.
- The connection between the VPN and the cloud environment is encrypted.
- The connection to the cloud environment is transparent (that is, the same as working locally from the corporate network).
- The VPN can enforce the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for end users connecting using a client VPN.
In this section, we will review how site-to-site VPN services and client VPN services can allow connectivity to your cloud environment.
