Scale Secure VPN Access over SD-WAN for Teleworkers with Fortinet VPN

If you need to scale secure VPN access over SD-WAN for teleworkers, then Fortinet VPN with remote SD-WAN is what you need. Here at PJ Networks, we know how hard it can be for businesses to transition to secure telework at this level. Now let’s explore how to bolt your remote worker VPNs onto your Fortinet SD-WAN solution!

1. VPN Overlay

Picture VPN overlay as building a secure tunnel over your already existing SD-WAN. This tunnel secures the data exchanged by remote workers and your corporate network. With Fortinet VPN technology, you can:

• Build a virtual secure link for each telecommuter.
• Eliminate the headache of backhauling traffic over expensive regional links back to data centers
• Secure and optimize connectivity to all users and all applications
• Protect resources, data, and applications with VPN
• Authenticate access to enterprise information with multi-factor authentication PropelException
• Provide Calculate the minimum latency and optimal path according to the real-time network status

This method ensures your teleworkers can connect directly to the secure network and remain protected wherever they’re working. That’s on top of the fact that Fortinet VPN is snugly integrated with SD-WAN policies, so the connection is even solid and seamless.

By creating VPN overlays, you can scale your secure services without sacrificing performance or security. It is tailored to today’s distributed work force.

2. Authentication

Security begins with identification. Foritnet VPN has many strong authentication options to verify that only legitimate users have access to your organization’s network. Here are some ways to keep remote access under lock and key:

• Apply multi-factor authentication (MFA) beyond just passwords
• Use certificates for device-based authentication
• Integrate with existing LDAP or Active Directory for easy user control

Establish role-based access controls so users touch only what they need to.

Using Fortinet VPNs and their SD-WAN, you authenticate at the edge, before anything gets into your core network going out. That’s because threats are haltered early and lateral movement within your network is reduced.

As a best practice, we encourage organizations to regularly review and update authentication policies in order to be ahead of advancing attack techniques such as this one. A small amount of control over the color makes a big difference here.

3. Traffic Steering

One of the largest benefits that SD-WAN delivers is smart traffic steering, and it does wonders when it comes to remote VPNs. Here’s how:

• VPN traffic type, user or application based classification
• Deliver business critical apps over ultra-low latency MPLS or broadband connections
• Use cheaper internet links for dumping less important traffic over VPN tunnels
• Dyanimc Route paths based on network health and latency statistics

In simpler terms, the network decides itself how to route, based on what would provide the best mix of speed and safety. The teleworkers are able to obtain good app performance without the risk of exposing the sensitive data.

These policies are easily created and traffic steering is fine-tuned to the business requirements using integrated SD-WAN dashboards in Fortinet products. This intelligent management brings the best experience to end-users and reduces WAN costs.

4. Monitoring

After you connect your remote worker VPNs to Fortinet SD-WAN, managing performance and prevention are essential. This is what we concentrate on at PJ Networks:

• Live VPN tunnel status and health monitoring
• Notifications on authentication failures, or when login was made at a strange time
• Bandwidth consumption per user or application monitor
• Discovering network anomalies that may indicate attacks

This is easy with Fortinet’s analytics and logging tools. You gain actionable insights so you can react quickly and maintain stability in your secure telework environment.

Quality also enables proactive monitoring of potential issues, giving you time to fix issues before users are affected, and the ability to spot potential threats before they emerge. It is a must-have for any business that is serious about secure remote work.

In short, utilizing remote worker VPNs with your Fortinet SD-WAN and PJ Networks is a clever method to secure and enable effective telework. Through a combination of VPN overlays, robust authentication, intelligent traffic steering, and healthy monitoring, you build a network that’s strong yet efficient. Your remote workers receive safe access anywhere, anytime and through any device, while your business data and network are protected.

Do not be deterred by security or complexity. Fortinet VPN and Remote SD-WAN along with PJ Networks expert guidance, provides the strongest available foundation to support your telework needs now.