Sycom have noted a huge increase in security business since the introduction of Broadband to the UK.

What is commonly forgotten about when using low cost Internet connectivity, is the implications of being "on-line" permanently.

Into recent times it has become paramount to secure and protect company data.

This can be between company sites and remote users accessing company data.

Sycom have a multitude of security solutions to suite your current and future needs.

Sycom has a lot of experience in this particular arena and it is an area of your companies IT that cannot be taken lightly.

A VPN tunnel establishes a secure connection between two sites over the Internet.

Types of VPN Connections
VPNs can be used to support the following types of connections:

Client to LAN. Used by mobile workers using dial-up Internet connections. A single VPN tunnel is used for each VPN client.
LAN-to-LAN. VPNs link two LANs together using a single tunnel that handles all the secure data traffic between two locations.
Intranets. VPNs allow remote offices and users to securely access internal TCP/IP applications running on the corporate Intranet.
Extranets. VPNs enable secure access to the corporate Extranet for vendors, partners, and customers.

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