HOOH March 14, 2025, 7:17 p.m.

Setting up secure network for growing team - need best vpn for business advice ASAP

Just took over as IT lead for fast-growing startup (20 to 65 people in 8 months!) and realized we have zero security protocols in place. Half the team works remote, everyone uses personal devices, and we're handling some client data that definitely needs protection. Boss finally approved security upgrade after client asked about our data practices. Need to find best vpn for business solution that's easy to deploy, won't require constant management, and won't drive people crazy with restrictions. Been researching options but getting overwhelmed with all the enterprise features that may be overkill for our size. Anyone actually deployed this kind of setup for similar sized company? What worked/didn't work? Especially interested in hearing about user adoption challenges.

JvC March 14, 2025, 10:40 p.m.

he AMOUNT of empty pizza boxes i went through configuring our company vpn still haunts me. took entire weekend plus monday-wednesday. team complained for 3 weeks straight then forgot it existed

LOL@@ March 15, 2025, 4:11 p.m.

Turn back now. Nothing but pain. Six figures later all our staff just use mobile hotspots to bypass "that annoying secure thing IT installed" anyway ✌️

Zzero Cool March 16, 2025, 11:22 p.m.

anyone suggesting single solution hasn't lived through deployment hell. Layers, ppl, LAYERS. Endpoint security + vpn + 2fa or don't even bother showing up monday

mac March 17, 2025, 11:06 a.m.

85% of "business vpn features" exist to justify enterprise pricing. Most companies your size need maybe 3-4 actual security features and none of the extras sales bros pushing on u

19alex March 18, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

whole company almost mutinied when my first security rollout tanked connection speeds. choose carefully or prepare your resignation letter lmao

lana29 March 19, 2025, 1:23 a.m.

u joke but literally got put on performance improvement plan after major trading desk couldn't access bloomberg terminal for 8hrs during implementation

Luminarc March 19, 2025, 8:14 p.m.

director at financial firm here... implemented multi-location solution after breach last summer. tested 6 services, nordvpn teams surprisingly handled traffic spikes without throttling when our traders hit markets simultaneously. solid split tunneling kept them happy

1wexlak March 21, 2025, 7:45 p.m.

THE CLOUD iS MAGICAL AND SECURE... until your entire remote team gets locked out during quarterly reporting because auth servers crashed. Always have backup access protocols!!