Introduction
Organizations today rely on a combination of internal and external resources to achieve business goals. The ability to provide secure network access to both internal employees and external non-employee users including guests, contractors, and business partners allows organizations of all sizes to maximize their productivity.
Of course, extending network access to outside users can also create challenges for the IT department in terms of increased potential for security threats – both deliberate and unintentional – and in managing network services for a broader set of users.
This whitepaper explores factors driving the need for allowing guests, contractors, and other non-employee users to access the network. It discusses what an effective guest and contractor access control solution must do, how such a solution can address potential security and operational challenges, and the many benefits that it can provide to an organization. Finally, it introduces Bradford Networks’ Secure Guest Access solution set for providing secure access control for all non-employee users.