IS IT SECURE?

Yes, provided that appropriate care is taken to ensure that the connection is properly secured.

There are various ways of connecting remote offices, but the Internet has become increasingly popular as it typically offers a significant cost advantage. The technology used for linking multiple sites across the Internet has been in place for a number of years and can be considered to be mature. It both ensures that only those you want to connect to your systems can do so, and that the data that crosses the Internet is encrypted so that it cannot be read by anyone else.

However, configuring the systems that secure your connection is not a task to be taken lightly as it is both complex and the costs of failure can be very high. Protronics have considerable experience of secure Internet connections and will discuss any concerns you have with you. If security is of paramount importance to your organisation, connections can be used which do not use the Internet and which can include validation of the phone number being used to connect.