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How to use BeyondCorp to ditch VPN, improve security and go to the cloud

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Re: How to use BeyondCorp to ditch VPN, improve security and go to the cloud

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Yes turn keys over to Google. I am sure if you are an American Fortune 500 company you have no problem with this. Not so if you are a non-American company. Though a lot of people will jump on board despite the huge security implications of doing something like this and turning over all your security over to Google. Meanwhile nation states are exploring how to use quantum encryption to prevent eaves dropping others are being coerced to simply hand over security to a third party that you hardly trust with any sense of privacy.

Re: How to use BeyondCorp to ditch VPN, improve security and go to the cloud

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Yesterday, I saw an article[1] about Amazon's plans to block websites in their stores (a very bad thing) and was wondering when a company like Google was going to launch a VPN service. I wonder if these things will meet in the long term. If companies that control the network try to limit access to information about their competitors, then their competitors might try to liberate that information.

[1] http://gizmodo.com/just-in-time-amazon-patents-method-to-pre...

Re: How to use BeyondCorp to ditch VPN, improve security and go to the cloud

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post #4

My ex-manager who left Google to another well established company once said the most missed thing from Google was the ability to work remotely right away on corp laptop with BeyondCorp. Disclaimer I work for Google not related to BeyondCorp.

I thought Google doesn't allow remote work?

Re: How to use BeyondCorp to ditch VPN, improve security and go to the cloud

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post #7

Yesterday, I saw an article[1] about Amazon's plans to block websites in their stores (a very bad thing) and was wondering when a company like Google was going to launch a VPN service. I wonder if these things will meet in the long term. If companies that control the network try to limit access to information about their competitors, then their competitors might try to liberate that information. [1] http://gizmodo.co…

That's a patent, there is no indication Amazon has any plans to do such a thing.

Re: How to use BeyondCorp to ditch VPN, improve security and go to the cloud

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post #7

Yesterday, I saw an article[1] about Amazon's plans to block websites in their stores (a very bad thing) and was wondering when a company like Google was going to launch a VPN service. I wonder if these things will meet in the long term. If companies that control the network try to limit access to information about their competitors, then their competitors might try to liberate that information. [1] http://gizmodo.co…

That's a patent, there is no indication Amazon has any plans to do such a thing.

I know -- that's why I used the phrase "long-term". :)

I probably shouldn't have used the word "plans" though, since I don't know for sure if they will implement it.

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