Since 2019, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has become the norm, and cases of hacker attacks on companies have also increased dramatically. According to the 2021 Global Information Security Insights Report, more than 70% of attacks target employees working from home, which has prompted global companies to accelerate their pace of digital transformation. However, with information security as a priority, besides strengthening hardware-side security protection, how can we help employees work in a more secure network environment?

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High Technical Barriers and Implementation Costs Cause Companies to Hesitate

To strengthen information security for employees working remotely, in recent years many companies have gradually implemented Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), which allows employees to use certified or approved personal computers to access files, applications, and services located on enterprise servers or computers through secure desktop clients or browsers. This approach can prevent outsiders from invading the company's internal network, establishing a concept similar to a "security door."

Although adopting VDI can effectively curb potential information security risks for enterprises, most businesses do not choose VDI at first. Eddie Kao, co-founder of 5xRuby Co., Ltd., states: "Besides the basic system setup costs starting at hundreds of thousands, the cumbersome and complex internal program settings are equally daunting, and traditional VDI relies on manual operations for effective device and personnel management, causing VDI's original security advantages to be washed away due to management oversights."

Effectively Improving Remote Connection Control System Processes and Significantly Reducing Implementation Costs

In view of the pain points of traditional VDI, 5xRuby has created the remote connection control system product "SOSI," borrowing the homophone of the Taiwanese word for key, allowing companies to give employees a master key to open company computers.

"The biggest benefit of adopting SOSI is the very economical cost and rapid implementation process. Unlike traditional architectures that require installing local programs on every device, we only need to install necessary programs on the control side," says Hsuan-Hsuan Ho, Project Manager at 5xRuby Software Development. "We also use the most common communication protocols on the market, Virtual Network Computing (VNC) and Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), so most companies don't need to make additional configurations."

In addition, 5xRuby's SOSI is also quite thorough in protecting enterprise employee data. After employee device settings are completed, sensitive information such as login credentials, employee lists, and device IPs are stored on the enterprise's servers rather than third-party platforms, further ensuring the company's high information security requirements.

One-Stop Management Interface and Web-Based Login: SOSI Enables Painless Upgrades for IT and Employees Together

A major problem for companies that adopted VDI in the past was that as the number of employees increased, the number of devices to manage also increased, making management relatively difficult. SOSI can effectively improve this difficulty. SOSI uses a single platform to manage authorized devices and credentials. Through a single platform, you can manage the number of users and permissions within the company through a simple interface, eliminating the need for cumbersome IT or network management department assistance with settings. At the same time, employees' local computers no longer need to install any agent programs; they only need to use the web interface to connect to the enterprise's virtual desktop.

"SOSI is still continuously evolving!" Eddie Kao mentioned. "In the future, SOSI will develop more functions that meet enterprise needs, including Single Sign On (SSO), video recording of user behavior to optimize internal company risk management, local and remote clipboard synchronization to improve employee productivity, etc."

Immediately Improve Your Company's Information Security

If customers want to undergo digital transformation to enable employees to work remotely but are concerned about company information security, or want to adopt VDI but are constrained by high costs and management handover costs and cannot find a way in, it is recommended to adopt the SOSI remote connection control system to make the company one with high information security protection awareness. For any inquiries, please contact us at: sosi@5xruby.com

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Company Profile

5xRuby Co., Ltd. was established in 2014 and is one of Taiwan's most representative companies proficient in the Ruby programming language. The company provides web services primarily based on the Ruby on Rails development framework. Brand clients are distributed across Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan. The company has assisted overseas startups in developing cross-border e-commerce services, successfully raising Series A funding, and has also developed proprietary apps and website services for many publicly listed companies in Taiwan. The company provides technical consulting and enterprise technical advisory services for brands, completely establishing a solid web development foundation for brands and providing professional Internet solutions.