VPN Project: Remote Access to a Novell Network

Our IT department has often been praised for accomplishing much with limited resources. We often put unique, specialized solutions in place while keeping costs as low as possible. Providing top service to our internal clients has always been our primary objective, and the majority of our resources and time would be allocated to ensure our clientele's visible requirements were met. As a result, some remote services had been put in place without adequate security measures. This problem was identified and we began to focus on tightening the security of our externally accessible IT services and resources. As a senior network administrator, I became project leader and was responsible for directing our security initiative to replace our existing remote access facilities with encrypted Virtual Private Networking (VPN) technology.