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A financial company uses a remote access solution that directs all traffic over a secure tunnel. The company recently received some large ISP bills from the headcounter location. According to…
The correct answer is B. Split-exclude the video SaaS application from the VPN. Split-exclusion allows trusted SaaS traffic (such as video conferencing) to bypass the VPN tunnel while keeping all other traffic secured. This reduces bandwidth costs at the headend location without degrading security or employee experience, since traffic to the SaaS provider…
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A financial company uses a remote access solution that directs all traffic over a secure tunnel. The company recently received some large ISP bills from the headcounter location. According to traffic analysis during the investigation, most of the network traffic was due to employees spending a lot of time on video conferences provided by a SaaS collaboration company. What must the company modify to reduce the cost without negatively impacting security or employee experience?
Options
- AReduce the video resolution size permitted within the SaaS application.
- BSplit-exclude the video SaaS application from the VPN.
- CBlock the video conferencing app when connected on VPN.
- DSuggest users to disconnect from the VPN when on video calls.
How the community answered
(63 responses)- A3% (2)
- B81% (51)
- C5% (3)
- D11% (7)
Explanation
Split-exclusion allows trusted SaaS traffic (such as video conferencing) to bypass the VPN tunnel while keeping all other traffic secured. This reduces bandwidth costs at the headend location without degrading security or employee experience, since traffic to the SaaS provider is still encrypted natively.
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