{"id":6425,"date":"2014-07-09T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntegrait.com\/secure-remote-access-in-your-organization\/"},"modified":"2014-07-09T05:25:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T10:25:00","slug":"secure-remote-access-in-your-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/secure-remote-access-in-your-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure Remote Access in Your Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SecureThere are many software desktop tools, support professionals, and providers that offer remote access and management to computers, laptops, and pretty much every device imaginable.<\/p>\n

Now that cloud storage has made access to information more convenient across an organization, the risk of data security has increased as cloud servers are susceptible to attacks. There are many software desktop tools, support professionals, and providers that offer remote access and management to computers, laptops, and pretty much every device imaginable. While these services offer security and functionality, it is important to assess which ones will deliver service and which ones will put your organization at risk.<\/p>\n

Below are security considerations for your {city} company to ensure remote access across your organization.<\/p>\n

Authentication<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most organizations use the Windows Security Model for a strong foundation of Windows Authentication. This defines your security and designs policies associated to your pre-existing Users and Groups within your Active Directory domain. This will then prompt users for credentials.<\/p>\n

Based on the number of authorized users, you can support Windows Single Sign-on in accordance to Windows Security. Those users already logged in as themselves in Windows will automatically be logged into your remote desktop software. Typically, the software will support the authentication via the existing Windows account. The same policies apply to lock-out policies when enabled. If a user leaves the company, simply disabling the account in A.D. will inhibit him from accessing remotely.<\/p>\n

Authorization<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is vital to have an authorization model included in your remote access software. With this, you can overtly grant access to remote machines to particular users. You should be able to manually specify which types of desktops they can access and connect to, and the functions available to the user.<\/p>\n

For example, you can specify junior employees to have limited function access, like inability to transfer files, alter admin settings, or initiate screen recordings.<\/p>\n

 <\/strong>Permission To Connect<\/strong><\/p>\n

For each organization are different sets of policies regarding end-user permission. Enabling permission to connect adds a layer of security and can be configured easily with your remote desktop software solution.<\/p>\n