WHAT IS REMOTE ACCESS & BENEFITS OR DRAWBACK OF REMOTE ACCESS?

Remote access service offers access to a remote machine or host or server from a remote location. This technology is very useful in case if an IT administrator is away from his office or providing support from a remote location. If you have enabled the remote access on any machine or server in the network, you will be able to access that machine or server from remote location and can work remotely on it.

Benefits of Remote Access- Remote access services provides several benefits to organizations.

•  It allows IT administrators to get access of servers from anywhere ant time in case of any service or server failure using a dedicated Internet connection.
• Organizations can allow administrator to work from home.
• Organizations can save cost by allowing users to bring their own devices at work (BY OD - Bring Your Own Device). They will connect to the organization securely using remote access tools, like; VPN (Virtual Private Network).
• No more administrator are required to sit in data centers to manage the physical servers.
• It also improves working efficiency of IT administrator to manage servers remotely.
  

Drawback of Remote Access- Like every technology, remote access services also have some drawback which an administrator should know before allowing remote access to their critical servers.

• Administrator should make sure only required ports are open in external firewall to prevent ant vulnerabilities.
• Administrator should limit the user rights on servers for his team and only authorized persons can access critical servers.
• Administrator should use a secure VPN server to prevent any kind of unwanted access.
• Administrator should define a secure hardening to secure them.