Keeping the Private Intranet Private

In today's interconnected world, a company's private network, the intranet, often is not so private as it once was. Between employees working from home or on the road, customers needing access to data, and vendors who may be accessing data or updating systems, there can be many points of access to a corporate intranet. Each one of these points is a potential security hole that unauthorized people can use to access the private data of the corporation. This paper addresses security problems faced by intranet network administrators, how to control those access points and minimize the risk involved.