Engineering Network Security Solutions
If it’s old enough to be “retro” it’s time to rethink your solutions. OpenVPN can help the engineering sector embrace smart devices and cloud-connected tools without extra risk of cyber attacks.
You can’t engineer your way out of legacy hardware VPN problems & lag time.
With the rise in generative AI, smart building devices, and building information modeling (BIM) tools, the days of engineering firms being tied to physical drafting tables are over. Instead, engineering firms rely more heavily on cloud-based project management software and digital tools, with remote and hybrid employees who can access potentially sensitive customer, client, and business data.
Unfortunately, all of these advancements have opened the door for threat actors, causing 63% of engineering, construction, and infrastructure companies to experience a cyber attack annually. These attacks range from social engineering campaigns to unauthorized access and insider theft — with every SaaS app, IoT device, employee, and subcontractor increasing your potential attack surface
It’s time for engineering firms to rethink how they protect their distributed data and networks, without creating lag time. But if you’re working with legacy hardware VPN, there is no amount of engineering you can do to fix outdated tech. The answer lies in taking a more modern, secure, and flexible approach to distributed workforce security with OpenVPN’s self-hosted Access Server or cloud-delivered CloudConnexa.
OpenVPN helps engineering firms to:
Secure devices
Secure communications from IoT devices, like smart sensors and equipment.Protect proprietary data
Protect remote access to proprietary corporate data, a growing array of SaaS applications, and third-party field equipment teams.Remain flexible
Provide secure point-to-point connections while maintaining scalability and flexibility.Encrypt communication
Ensure secure communication between business partners and suppliers.Replace complex legacy hardware
Replace traditional networking hardware that can otherwise be resource-intensive, complex, and costly.Protect against attacks
Block potentially malicious or harmful sites used in social engineering campaigns.OpenVPN: The leader in secure virtual networking for engineering firms
OpenVPN works with engineering companies of all sizes and sectors — from civil engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering to software engineering and engineering analysis. We know what engineering teams need to create secure remote access points for their teams.
Secure communications
OpenVPN® is the market-proven leader in secure virtualized networking. Our self-hosted business VPN, Access Server and cloud-delivered CloudConnexa, enable organizations to maintain secure communication between their distributed workforce, IoT/IIoT devices, and the online services they rely on daily.
Enforce the tenets of ZTNA
Built on the market-proven OpenVPN protocol, OpenVPN’s business VPN solutions combine advanced network security, encrypted remote access, and content filtering into a virtualized secure network that provides the best of VPN and ZTNA security.
High customer satisfaction
With over 60 million downloads of our core open source software and over 20,000 commercial customers, OpenVPN is recognized as a global leader in secure networking. We’ve even been recognized as an industry leader with high customer satisfaction by leading software review site G2.
Looking for a self-hosted solution?
Check out Access Server for the needs of engineers.Flexibility and creativity, without risking proprietary data
Digital tools give engineering firms flexibility and new levels of creativity, but they come with unknown risks — especially when your team is part of a hybrid or fully remote workforce. Fortunately, you can deploy cloud-based security to keep customer information safe with:
Worldwide meshed private network
Securely and reliably connect all private networks and distributed applications.
Application domain-based routing
Zero Trust Access to applications and prevention of lateral movement.
Identity Management
Single sign-on with identity-based access control.
Content filtering and IDS/IPS
Reduce costs with integrated advanced security features.
Secure internet
Enhance internet security by directing all internet traffic to your security appliance for inspection.
Easy on-demand provisioning
Reduce demands on overworked IT and networking staff.
Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide & a G2 category LeaderOpenVPN has been an industry leader for 20+ years and for good reason.
See what nearly 20,000 customers, hundreds of partners, and all major cloud providers already know.
Jason K. REPAYEasy to configure options, add users, and that it has two factor authentication built in. You can configure the system to allow connections on common ports so that you're able to connect from pretty much anywhere in the world.
Johnathan B. Surry TelephoneConfiguring and updating my own server is super simple. In my experience, I've always had some difficulty setting up hardware VPN appliances, but OpenVPN was no-nonsense.
Alex H. DGDeanThe OpenVPN Access Server AMI is a great out of the box VPN solution for your AWS VPC...
John G. Anovys, LLCOpenVPN offers users a very simple and secure VPN option that is both economical and quick to install. Users are able to easily install it on their client devices.
Jeremy F. Intelligent PathwaysThe availability of client software for all operating systems and mobile devices means my customers can connect regardless of their setup.
Josh Wc. nexgen|packaging, LLCExcellent, flexible solution for our Azure environment.
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