Learn how to – Top business VPN advantages

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NordLayer is the business product for modern companies. IT teams now have an adaptable, easy-to-implement, and simple solution for tackling scaling and implementation challenges. No matter the company size, they’re able to construct a safe and secure remote access solution that aligns with the changing SASE landscape. It’s affordable too, with a range of very reasonable pricing plans to suit all company needs.

Formerly NordVPN Teams, the security specialists change their name to NordLayer to mark their move away from primarily being a business VPN. They are moving toward being a comprehensive and dynamic security product that scales and grows as your company does within an evolving SASE framework. They help organizations of all sizes to build a modern secure remote access solution.

Their business VPN feature works alongside many others to protect the corporate network from being the target of cyber attackers or the theft of vital assets in data breaches. With increasingly fluctuating workforces, secure access to the company network from global locations is now necessary for small, medium, and large businesses.

NordLayer is quick to integrate with any legacy infrastructure. It is hardware-free and designed with companies of varying growth pace and ad-hoc cybersecurity requirements in mind.

Features

Security & Protection

• Next-gen site-to-site tunneling
• AES 256-bit traffic encryption
• Network Access Control (IP allow listing)
• Biometric authentication
• Smart Access
• Dedicated servers / Static IP functionality
• Custom private gateway creation
• Single Sign-On (SSO) with Azure AD, Okta & G Suite
• Two-factor authentication (2FA)
• Jailbroken / rooted device detection
• Threat-block malware protection (including DNS filtering)

Managing scale, growth & ad-hoc needs

• Easy to use Control Panel
• Centralized billing and automated user management
• Unlimited number of users
• License transferability between users
• Integration with multiple network vendors simultaneously

Additional benefits

• Shared servers in over 30 countries globally:
• QA and automated tests
• Monitor product performance in markets worldwide
• VPN auto-connect

The NordLayer feature offering is comprehensive and collated for adaptable, secure access control — they leave no stone unturned! A convenient NordLayer Control Panel has IT admins covered as they manage the entire company network and who’s accessing it. They also offer centralized billing to reduce workload, and simple license transferability allows for quickly adding or removing access to work resources. All are functional within one place. Not bad at all!

Some familiar features are retained from their days as NordVPN Teams, like AES 256-bit traffic encryption, business VPN capabilities, and user validation tools — Multi-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Single-Sign-On (SSO). They have shared servers located in just over 30 countries worldwide, plus optional dedicated servers available. 

NordLayer looks after your data, resources, and vital assets very well.

Pricing

NordLayer offers three different plans to choose from:

Basic — from $7 per user per month

• Cloud VPN
• Control Panel
• Centralized billing
• License transferability
• Kill switch
• Two-factor authentication
• SSO with Google, Azure AD, Okta
• Auto-connect
• Shared access to 33 server locations

Advanced — from $9 per user per month

All Basic features, plus:

• Purchase dedicated servers
• Choose between 20+ dedicated server locations
• Available dedicated account management
• Priority support 24/7

Enterprise — (quote offered)

All Basic features, plus:

• Next-gen site-to-site capabilities
• Centralized configuration and management
• LDAP Active Directory
• API access
• 24/7 phone support
• On-premise dedicated servers
• Premium custom features
• Custom logo and app colors

Basic plans start from $7 per user per month and contain most of their business-first features, rising to only $9 per user per month for the Advanced plan — with the added benefit of a dedicated server. Having a server allows creating unique private gateways for individual team access permissions to be set up, plus a manually-managed IP allowlist for total network access control. These are the most suitable options for small and medium-sized organizations to achieve their security goals.

For larger companies, the Enterprise plan is available by contacting their sales team for a quote. Customizable to individual businesses, this option includes certain additional features tailored to larger company security needs. This plan is the premium option for larger organizations specifically.

NordLayer provides expert, technically-minded support to address any questions or additional requirements with any of the three plan options.

Why use NordLayer?

Potential cyber attacks and internal data breaches are a more prevalent threat to business networks — especially in the past few years with increasingly distributed workforces. As the traditional company network perimeter has changed, so has NordLayer.

Built around the Zero Trust principles of ‘deny all, permit some’, NordLayer enables segmentation of the most sensitive areas of the network through strict access control. Every user outside of the perimeter must be authorized to be deemed trustworthy and gain entry to the network. IT managers can create teams and group user access permissions only for resources to fulfill their duties — keeping the network more secure.

NordLayer detects the origin point of breaches if or when they occur, and admins can view all activity on the company network. NordLayer hides the network through military-grade encryption and makes it inaccessible to outside entities, offering businesses greater control over what is being accessed — and by whom.