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Cisco ScanSafe, aka Cisco Cloud Web Security
- Subject: Cisco ScanSafe, aka Cisco Cloud Web Security
- From: streiner at cluebyfour.org (Justin M. Streiner)
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:33:31 -0500 (EST)
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> First of all, why are you allowing or disallowing split tunnel networks ?
>
> There is always the risk that he/she may get infected with some malware
> that your antivirus does not recognize and it spreads through the internet
> network when the user VPNs to the corporate network.
>From what I've seen, many government agencies - particularly those
that work with sensitive data - take a very risk-averse position when dealing
with remote access - if it is allowed at all.
Such networks also tend to be fairly compartmentalized out of necessity.
Still the possibility of a breach that originated from a user that was
VPN'd in and happened to open "not-infected-srsly.zip" gives IT admins in
such environments more than a bit of heartburn.
jms