# Alternatives to a Corporate VPN

DevFeed: [Alternatives to a Corporate VPN](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/alternatives-to-a-corporate-vpn-29564.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/alternative-to-corporate-vpn/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Shivashish Yadav)

Published: 2022-04-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Virtual Private Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vpn.md>), [network security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network-security.md>), [remote access](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remote-access.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Network Segmentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network-segmentation.md>), [Zero Trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zero-trust.md>), [Firewall](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firewall.md>)

Tags: [corporate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/corporate.md>), [firewalls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firewalls.md>), [network-segmentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-segmentation.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [security-vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security-vulnerabilities.md>), [vpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vpn.md>), [zero-trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-trust.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains why corporate VPNs can create security and access-control risks, particularly for remote work and third-party connections. It discusses data-leak exposure, shared passwords, insufficient resource-level access controls, and the need for network segmentation, firewalls, least-privilege access, or a zero-trust model as alternatives or safeguards.

## Source excerpt

VPNs were once the gold standard for network security, but they have limits. This post dives into perimeter-based security limits and offers modern VPN alternatives.