Don’t forget your client… VPNs!

Even if your VPNs not client-facing, they are essential.

In these times, remote work has become necessary, nay, obligatory for many employees. Sometimes, very critical equipment and services are understandably protected. They reside on-premise or in the cloud and are protected firewalls and Virtual Private Networks. Employees use client VPNs to connect into their datacenters. When you combine remote-only work and VPNs, you get a very vulnerable system. If your VPN servers stop responding, employees cannot work with all their resources available.

So what can be monitored?

Client VPNs can be monitored in the following ways:

Data center hardware:

• Are the VPN appliances up?
• Is the physical hardware okay? (Temperatures, Fans)
• What is the load?
• Are redundant units available? (High-availability ok?)
• Are VPN users logged in?
• How much traffic is travelling through the VPNs?

Data center software and networking:

• Are ports responding as expected?
• Are 2FA (2-Factor Authentication) services available?
• Are VPN users logged in?
• How much traffic is travelling through the VPNs?

Clients:

• Are clients able to log in?
• Are clients receiving their 2FA messages?
• Is traffic coming in?
• Are clients able to reach resources?

 

In conclusion, there is much that can be monitored when it comes to client VPNs. Luckily, these are not complicated to monitor.

Now is the perfect time to set up monitoring for client VPNs, as the summer will mean a decrease in VPN load, followed by an increase in the fall. If you need assistance setting up monitoring for your VPNs, don’t hesitate to fill in the form below. With our help, you’ll be up and running within the day.

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