Secure access to corporate resources in a multi-access perspective: needs, problems, and solutions

The modern businessman needs to access corporate resources constantly, regardless of the access location, thus improving effectiveness. In order to accomplish this, a number of access technologies allow mobile users to be connected to some kind of network almost in every situation. The enterprise resources, however, must be protected from unauthorized accesses, disclosures, and modification of data there stored. An employee accessing the enterprise network remotely might represent a serious vulnerability by exposing the network to several threats. This paper analyzes the needs, the problems, and some of the related issues of secure remote corporate access, i.e. allowing employees to access the intranet even when not connected directly to the corporate network without compromising the security of the data. Furthermore, it outlines a possible solution to solve some of the problems illustrated throughout the discussion.