A spate of scandals involving large-scale data breaches together with increased Internet surveillance by governments has substantially raised business and consumer concerns over online privacy. Correspondingly the market for virtual private networks (VPNs) is very healthy. For many years, VPN’s two main standards - IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) - have been locked in fierce competition for market dominance. Both have their virtues. IPSec is great for organizations that value robust encryption above all costs. By contrast, SSL is better suited to mobile data communications where the priority is scale and convenience. Over the years technology advances have seen their relative popularity swing first one way then the other. Today’s Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and cloud computing era is exposing SSL to repeated attack. The pendulum is swinging back in favour of IPSec once more. Enterprises wanting to maximize their return on investment can choose managed VPN software that supports multiple protocols including SSL and IPSec.
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