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NordVPN
Protects an individual's internet connection on hotel, airport, conference, and other unfamiliar networks.
What it is
NordVPN is a consumer virtual private network service. Its apps create an encrypted connection between the user's device and NordVPN, reducing what other people on the local network can see while the person uses the internet.
Ways to use it
Ideas from real executive operations work. Take the ones that fit.
- Protect an executive's laptop and phone when using airport or hotel Wi-Fi.
- Install and test the apps before departure instead of during a connection problem.
- Add the required use of the service to the executive travel checklist.
- Use its malicious-site warnings as an added protection layer while traveling.
- Send company-system access questions to the security owner instead of sharing a personal account.
Our take
NordVPN can add protection for an individual executive while traveling. A company that needs central setup, activity records, enforced policies, or access to its private network should evaluate a managed business product with its security owner.