Can a VPN protect IoT devices? The short answer: Yes.

The Internet of Things, or IoT can be made up of everything from connected tablets, laptops, and smartphones to cameras, vehicles, and sensors. Securing the communications between these devices is critical. OpenVPN can help.
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Create isolated, secure IoT networksReduce your attack surface and prevent lateral movement.
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Use digital certificates for authenticationConnections are supported by mutual
authentication using digital certificates.
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Set up easily with compatible routersSet up is easy with popular routers — including DD-WRT, OpenWrt, pfSense, Teltonika, & Ubiquiti.
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Stop eavesdropping on IoT communicationsOpenVPN encrypts all communications
while they travel over the internet.
Self-hosted

Access Server

Create a secure virtual network to protect all traffic shared by your IoT devices Access Server gives businesses of all sizes the enterprise-grade encryption, security, and reliability to support their growing IoT environment affordably.

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Run your own OpenVPN solution
Keep all data communications within your trust domain. Have total control of where and how many VPN servers you deploy.
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Create an encrypted virtual network
Protect devices against eavesdropping and isolate your IoT network from other business networks and the public internet.
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Set up auto-login credentials
Protect unattended devices and routers supporting those devices, to provide always-on secure private connections with mutual authentication and digital certificates.
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Get enhanced flexibility and compatibility
Use the app, OpenVPN Connect and tap into the open source Community Edition.
Cloud-delivered

CloudConnexa®

CloudConnexa supports OpenVPN protocol and the OpenVPN Connect application is available for every major device operating system to provide extensive interoperability across the emerging IoT landscape. Easily create a separate private network for all IoT devices, or separate groups of devices through access control.

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Use a cloud-delivered service
Leave the scaling and management of servers to us. Just connect to one of CloudConnexa’s 30+ worldwide Points of Presence, or PoPs.
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Authenticate and encrypt all connections
Use OpenVPN protocol to establish a private communication channel between CloudConnexa and IoT devices and routers. Virtual private connection requests for unattended routers and IoT devices are automatically authenticated by a digital certificate.
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Configure different IoT networks
Create separate overlay networks under one account to isolate and manage different IoT networks.
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Get enhanced flexibility and compatibility
Use the OpenVPN Connect app, and tap into the open source Community Edition.

Ready to lock down every IoT connection?

Our Technical Support team is available 24/7 to guide you through every step of set-up and configuration. But we doubt you’ll need us.

What our customers say about us

  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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Certification SOCSOC 2 Type 2
Certification ISO 27001ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Certification HIPAAHIPAA Compliant
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