Alienstech Firewalls and Secure Remote Access
A firewall configured for how your business actually works, and remote access that does not leave the front door open.
A firewall is only as good as its rule set, and rule sets accumulate. Ports opened for a project years ago, a rule added to make something work temporarily, a management interface reachable from the internet because that was convenient once.
Remote access has the same history. Remote desktop exposed directly to the internet is still one of the most common ways small businesses are compromised, and it usually got that way as a quick fix during an unexpected week away from the office.
Sound familiar?
- Nobody knows why half the firewall rules exist
- Remote desktop is reachable from the internet
- Staff share one VPN account
- The firewall has not had a firmware update in years
- A site to site link between offices is unreliable
- The warranty and security subscription lapsed without anyone noticing
How Alienstech handles it
Existing firewalls are reviewed rule by rule. Anything that cannot be explained is traced or removed, management access is restricted to the inside, and firmware is brought current on a schedule instead of after an incident.
Remote access is rebuilt around named accounts with multifactor authentication, so access can be granted and removed per person and there is a record of who connected. Remote desktop is put behind that rather than published to the internet.
Where offices need to be joined, site to site tunnels are configured and monitored, with routing documented so a failure is diagnosable.
What you get
- A rule set where every rule has a reason
- Remote access tied to a person, not a shared password
- Multifactor authentication on the way in
- Firmware and subscriptions tracked before they lapse
- A documented configuration that can be rebuilt if hardware fails