Historically, a virtual private network (VPN) has been a method of creating a secure network over insecure, public infrastructure - which is accessible from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. The availability of internet access makes this type of VPN both cost-effective and quick to deploy, however, the service isn't without its drawbacks.
The inherent benefit of availability is reduced by the added threat to security and the unpredictability of traversing a public network. In order to safeguard the integrity of data, AlwaysON utilizes advance encryption techniques to tunnel data between sites securely.
We leverage cutting edge technologies to seamlessly integrate internet VPNs with our private VPNs, ensuring that both security and operability are maintained. AlwaysON's backbone network is multi-homed to select carriers, providing us with resilient routes to the internet.
An Internet VPN has best-effort performance, and a limited level service level agreement (SLA) between the VPN customer and the VPN service provider. Generally, a VPN has a topology more complex than point-to-point. It usually takes the form of a hub and spoke and in larger networks, hubs are interconnected.