Entertainment & Retail Network Security Made Easy

Consumers love the convenience of online shopping and retail — and so do cybercriminals. Online retailers and entertainment companies must take steps to keep customer information secure.

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Don’t let legacy software put your customers at risk.

Shopping and entertainment have changed in the last 20 years, with e-commerce, digital ticketing platforms, streaming services, and online gaming taking center stage. Traditional brick-and-mortar locations have also seen the benefits of this shift in technology, with in-store sensors and other IoT devices that create customized customer experiences and inventory monitoring.

Unfortunately, the conveniences of these technologies comes with an expanded attack surface — which cybercriminals are eager to exploit through both traditional cyberattacks and other methods of fraud, like promo abuse and account takeovers.

This expanded attack surface along with the rise of cashless payment systems have pushed governments to create stricter regulations for retail and entertainment businesses, including the creation of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which requires companies to build and maintain a secure network.

OpenVPN’s solutions for retail and entertainment can help. Whether through our self-hosted or cloud-delivered VPN solutions, OpenVPN can help you protect your customers and your business while remaining in compliance with regulations like PCI DSS.

OpenVPN can help retail and entertainment businesses to:

Create secure shopping

Provide security for shopping and entertainment applications being accessed over public networks.

Protect customers

Ensure secure access to customer financial data.

Protect proprietary info

Protect remote access to proprietary corporate data and a growing array of SaaS applications.

Remain in compliance

Help you remain in compliance with PCI DSS regulations.

Secure devices

Secure mobile and IoT device connectivity over public networks.

Remain flexible

Provide secure point-to-point connections while maintaining scalability and flexibility.

OpenVPN: Flexibility for retail & entertainment

Secure, virtualized network

With OpenVPN’s self-hosted Access Server and cloud-delivered CloudConnexa, you can take advantage of a secure, virtualized modern network that encrypts data as it moves from place to place — without packet loss and added latency — no matter where your team is located.

Cyber Shield content filtering

With CloudConnexa’s Cyber Shield, you can block your team from accessing malicious or productivity-hindering sites and reduce your attack surface — without tunneling all traffic through the VPN, keeping your site speeds fast.

Flexible administration

With Access Server and CloudConnexa, you can easily add, remove, and manage users, devices, and apps.

Scalability

Only pay for concurrent connections, not users, so you can scale as needed.
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OpenVPN helps mitigate network security risks for retail & entertainment

E-commerce has changed retail and entertainment for the better, but that change comes with new risks. Fortunately, you can deploy cloud-based security to keep customer information safe with:
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Worldwide meshed private network

Securely and reliably connect all private networks and distributed applications.

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Application domain-based routing

Zero Trust Access to applications and prevention of lateral movement.

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Identity Management

Single sign-on with identity-based access control.

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Content filtering and IDS/IPS

Reduce costs with integrated advanced security features.

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Secure PoS communications

Lock-down point of sale (PoS) systems to communicate only with trusted internet services.

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Easy on-demand provisioning

Reduce demands on overworked IT and networking staff.

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  1. Jason K.Jason K. REPAY
    Easy 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.
  2. Johnathan B.Johnathan B. Surry Telephone
    Configuring 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.
  3. Alex H.Alex H. DGDean
    The OpenVPN Access Server AMI is a great out of the box VPN solution for your AWS VPC...
  4. John G.John G. Anovys, LLC
    OpenVPN 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.
  5. Jeremy F.Jeremy F. Intelligent Pathways
    The availability of client software for all operating systems and mobile devices means my customers can connect regardless of their setup.
  6. Josh Wc.Josh Wc. nexgen|packaging, LLC
    Excellent, flexible solution for our Azure environment.

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