Poynter Professional Services

Poynter can supply and configure a variety of network perimeter firewalls. These include software solutions such as Microsoft’s Forefront Threat Management Gateway (formally Internet Security and Acceleration Sever) and hardware-based solutions such as Netgear’s ProSecure range and Endian’s Open Source Solutions.
All network firewalls protect the internal network from Internet-based network attacks, but also handle traffic for internally published services such as Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Virtual Private Network (VPN).

VPN security can be be improved by using two-factor authentication, this is usually in the form of a single-use code, based on the same technology as some on-line banking systems. These can be generated by a key-fob, your smart phone or sent as a text message.