Design and Implementation of Secured VPN of a Bank using Cisco Devices.

Abstract

There is an increasing demand nowadays to connect to internal networks from distant locations. Employees often need to connect to internal private networks over the Internet (which is by nature insecure) from home, hotels, airports or from other external networks. Security becomes a major consideration when staff or business partners have constant access to internal networks from insecure external locations. VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology provides a way of protecting information being transmitted over the Internet, by allowing users to establish a virtual private “tunnel” to securely enter an internal network, accessing resources, data and communications via an insecure network such as the Internet. This paper provides a general overview of VPN and implementation over a Corporate company. We discuss the potential security risks as well as the security considerations that need to be taken into account when implementing a virtual private network.