Every VPN connection runs on an underlying protocol that determines how your traffic gets encrypted, tunneled, and delivered. Most business VPN providers today let you choose between WireGuard and OpenVPN, and the choice actually matters — it affects speed, battery life on mobile devices, and how easily your connection recovers when you switch networks mid-call. … Read more
Split tunneling lets you route only some of your device’s traffic through a VPN while the rest travels over your regular internet connection directly. It is one of the most misunderstood VPN settings — used correctly, it solves real performance problems; used carelessly, it can quietly undo the protection a VPN is supposed to provide. … Read more
A VPN kill switch is supposed to be a safety net: if the encrypted tunnel drops unexpectedly, the kill switch blocks all internet traffic until the tunnel reconnects, preventing your device from silently falling back to an unprotected connection. In practice, kill switches vary enormously in how reliably they actually work, and a kill switch … Read more
Most of the VPN advice aimed at small teams focuses on remote access VPNs — the kind an individual installs on their laptop to connect securely to the internet. But there is a second, less commonly discussed category, site-to-site VPN, that solves a different problem entirely: connecting two fixed office locations or a office and … Read more
Most VPN buying guides are written for either individual users or large enterprises, leaving a real gap for the specific situation a lot of early-stage startups face: a handful of people, a tight budget, and no dedicated IT person to manage the setup. This guide is written specifically for that five-person-or-so team, covering what actually … Read more
Remote and hybrid work is no longer the exception, it is the default for most small businesses and development teams. That shift has quietly created a new security problem: employees connecting to client dashboards, code repositories, and financial tools from home routers, coffee shop hotspots, and shared co-working networks that nobody on the security team … Read more