Remote Access & Security

Keeping your network and it’s data safe is important, regardless of the size of your business. Indeed in some areas of business you could be legally liable for any data loss if you can’t demonstrate that you have taken adequate precautions. A firewall is designed to ensure that you are in control of data travelling to and from your network and could be a hardware device or software such as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server. Ashdown Solutions recommend Netgear ProSafe ADSL routers with built-in firewalls for our small and medium sized customers with a range Sonicwall devices for larger companies and those businesses that require a greater level of protection or better monitoring and filtering.

A Network of computers is far more productive and useful than just a single computer and allows the sharing of both information and resources, such as documents, databases, printers and Internet connectivity, but how do you do this when you’re outside your office, possibly on the other side of the country or the world? To securely join together two or more networks from different locations, or even just to connect an single additional computer to a remote network, did use to demand a costly Internet connection and expensive specialist security hardware. The development of VPN's and the widespread take-up of fast broadband internet connections has provided, for the first time, the ability for organisations, without enormous IT budgets, to be able to join together multiple locations cheaply, securely and simply.

To ensure that we get the right solution for each customer Ashdown Solutions supply and support software based VPN for small businesses and dedicated hardware solutions from Netgear and Sonicwall as requirements grow.