In a blog post announcing the launch of BeyondCorp, Google argues that it offers a simpler and faster alternative to VPNs and bizarrely makes the claim that VPNs are often too complicated for employees to be able to use. With the unprecedented surge in remote working that has occurred in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and the spike in VPN use that we have seen as a result, Google has seen a timely opportunity to cash in on its investment in the BeyondCorp technology while the market is hot. Google has hinted that it may add more features in the future but at the time of writing, further details are not available. This authenticates them to access any content they have permission to connect with and lets them get on with work.Īt the moment, all BeyondCorp can do is enforce access controls for web apps, either onsite or in the cloud. A security certificate has to be installed on each device that has permission and this is cross-referenced with HR information to ensure that only permitted staff are able to connect.Īll employees have to do after the initial set-up is to enter the remote network through a single log-in point. It grew out of an attempt by Google to simplify its own network access features and was designed as a tool that made it far easier to set specific access policies for a narrow set of users around each internal application.īeyondCorp’s big feature is a database of every device that is permitted to connect to each specific app. It has since been used as an internal tool to allow Google staff to remote access internal apps. Google actually created BeyondCorp Remote Access as far back as 2011.
The nature of this new tool has seen it being compared to VPNs in some publications, but it is important to note that while BeyondCorp offers some similar features, it is certainly not an alternative to a VPN, not for the everyday user at least. Google has announced that it is rolling out a new tool known as BeyondCorp Remote Access, a cloud-based app that claims to offer companies a way to let employees access a company’s internal web apps remotely and securely.
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