Branch Office Security Design Guide

Overview

In todayÂ’s competitive markets, the desire to be closer to the customer and hire employees to work outside of headquarters are two major factors for the increase in the number of branch offices worldwide. Hence, more employees now work remotely in branch offices as opposed to working onsite at headquarters. Because branch office workers need access to the same set of applications as do headquarters and campus employees, there is an increased demand on applications and network performance, and most importantly, a greater demand for security.