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NordLayer

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What is NordLayer?

NordLayer provides cybersecurity tools for businesses of any size or work model developed by the standard of NordVPN.


NordLayer helps organizations secure networks and enhance internet security and modernizes network and resource access with technical improvements aligning with the best regulatory compliance standards. Helping organizations to adopt FWaaS, ZTNA, and SWG principles, NordLayer is focused on the Security Service Edge of cybersecurity services.


Designed to be easy to integrate with existing infrastructure, hardware-free, and with ease of scale in mind, NordLayer aims to meet the varying growth pace and ad-hoc cybersecurity requirements of agile businesses and distributed workforces today.

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Five Stars

Incentivized
Ye Thiha Aung
ICT in Information Technology at Malteser International (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I used NordLayer to provide secure and private access to the internet for our related work and remote colleagues. I used NordLayer to address several business problems. For example, NordLayer provides our colleagues with a way to secure access to our resources, applications, and data from a remote location or anywhere.

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Simple user interface desgin
  • Support many VPN protocol
  • Fast and reliable connection

Cons

  • Expand Server Network
  • Upgrade to an attrative GUI
  • Hard to find IP address

Return on Investment

  • Improved sercurity
  • Incresed productivity
  • Performance impact

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Adobe Acrobat, Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams

NordLayer - A Remarkable secure VPN solution

Sumeet SrivastavaView profile
Vice President in Information Technology at Lighthouse Canton Pte Ltd (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

NordLayer is used as a secure VPN connection to use the office infrastructure to carry out day to day tasks. It offers a seamless secured connection and very easy to install. It has also reduced our Opex Cost using NordLayer

Pros

  • Seamless connectivity
  • Easy configuration
  • Brilliant Tech support and Sales Incharge

Cons

  • Set up of servers can be a bit more ease for end users

Return on Investment

  • Reduced cost by more than 50%
  • Easy interface for users to login

Non Profit Remote Workforce New user of NordLayer

Joe Wilson
Information Technology Audit Manager in Information Technology at Hire Heroes USA (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My organization is a 100% work from home force with quite a bit of travel. We had experienced serious phishing and spoofing due to the public facing nature of our business. Deploying NordLayer within our workforce has provided an extra layer of security especially when traveling and using public or unsecured networks. The tool was easy to configure and deploy with very few issues with our remote users. the few issues we had with Nord having difficulties with some of our exiting platforms were address quickly and effectively by our support team. For example we use RingDNA, some users were experiencing dropped calls while connected to our dedicated gateway, but adjustments by the Nord support staff corrected the issues within 1 day.

Pros

  • Easy to deploy
  • Easy to configure
  • user friendly for non technical staff

Cons

  • Perhaps support closer to USA for time difference

Most Important Features

  • Dedicated Gateways
  • Threat Block
  • Multiple protocols

Return on Investment

  • We will measure our ROI after the tool has been deployed for 6-12 months. we are new users but happy so far

One of the best VPN product for a non-profit organization

Abhisek ShresthaView profile
IT Asset and Procument Administrator in Information Technology at Internation Foundation for Electoral Systems (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been using NordLayer VPN for a long time. When our staffs are working from the office abroad, home, public places such as airports or coffee shops, it acts as a reliable shield, encrypting our connections and ensuring a secure passage for our data. It's not just a tool; it's the linchpin of our cybersecurity strategy, seamlessly addressing the evolving landscape of cyber threats and allowing us to navigate the digital realm with confidence.

Pros

  • Easy user management with admin console
  • Threat Management
  • Site-to-Site Dedicated Gateways

Cons

  • More server locations
  • Split-tuneling
  • Network Kill Switch

Most Important Features

  • Auto connect
  • Threat Block
  • AES 256-bit encryption

Return on Investment

  • Productivity through seamless remote work capabilities, and strengthened client trust due to robust data protection measures.
  • The negative impact is minimal compared to the invaluable security it provides.
  • Ensuring business continuity, and mitigating the potential costs of falling victim to cyber threats

Great VPN Service, 5 star recommended

Incentivized
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

our org uses NordLayer as our VPN provider, enforcing VPN usage to access company files and shared drives. The scope is entire org with a few exceptions, and it runs well and relatively problem free. Recently the app updates have not required elevation so our users have been able to update their own apps.

Pros

  • SSO Set-up process is well laid out and simple
  • Speeds when connected to a physically nearby server are great
  • The ability to force always-on through the admin center is invaluable
  • Responsive customer service

Cons

  • The browser plugin needs some work, or some research about what browser/OS restrictions may limit its functionality. Ours does not work at all even after contacting support so we do not use it
  • Toast/Windows notifications scheduled or deployed through admin center would be amazing. The ability to remind a user who has been disconnected for X hours would be a great feature

Return on Investment

  • Satisfied security requirements to maintain company contracts. Difficult to put a number down but the loss of a contract could imply the loss of a large sum
  • HIPAA Compliance, further contract maintenance

Alternatives Considered

TunnelBear and Surfshark

Other Software Used

Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Intune

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