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    An Enterprise Non-Public Network (EPN) is a private network used by organizations to securely interconnect different departments that may be spread over a large geographic area. EPNs evolved from early private networks used by universities and research organizations to securely share resources. While EPNs now use public internet infrastructure, security is maintained through encryption and restricting access to only registered devices using techniques like firewalls. EPNs provide organizations benefits like maximum security of data and resources, cost savings through efficient sharing of information and resources, and better integration and centralization of business activities across locations.

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    An Enterprise Non-Public Network (EPN) is a private network used by organizations to securely interconnect different departments that may be spread over a large geographic area. EPNs evolved from early private networks used by universities and research organizations to securely share resources. While EPNs now use public internet infrastructure, security is maintained through encryption and restricting access to only registered devices using techniques like firewalls. EPNs provide organizations benefits like maximum security of data and resources, cost savings through efficient sharing of information and resources, and better integration and centralization of business activities across locations.

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    An Enterprise Non-Public Network (EPN) is a private network used by organizations to securely interconnect different departments that may be spread over a large geographic area. EPNs evolved from early private networks used by universities and research organizations to securely share resources. While EPNs now use public internet infrastructure, security is maintained through encryption and restricting access to only registered devices using techniques like firewalls. EPNs provide organizations benefits like maximum security of data and resources, cost savings through efficient sharing of information and resources, and better integration and centralization of business activities across locations.

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    Enterprise Non Public Network (Private Network): In this age of the internet, all users

    connected to the internet can send and receive data publicly. But in its primitive form, computer
    networks were formed by organizations such as universities, military, and research organizations.
    These kinds of private networks served a limited purpose. Such networks were formulated with
    the safety of communication at the network as the utmost priority and were used for the sharing
    of resources. To maintain secure communication encryption was used Non-Public Network.

    Later on with the advent of the World Wide Web and the internet during the 1990s, private
    networks evolved. These private networks used public infrastructure to communicate with each
    other. To maintain secure communication encryption was used. Since such networks deal mainly
    with private networks, Enterprise Non-Public network can be termed as Enterprise Private
    Network (EPN) (for the scope of this article).

    The original purpose of EPN was data protection and sharing of resources. EPNs serve the
    purpose of providing organizations with secure interconnection amongst its fundamentally
    different bodies or departments which might be spread over a vast geographical network. This
    brought integration of business activities, thereby making the organization work in a coordinated
    way. The business implications were enormous thus.

    To bring in effect an EPN, restrictions are placed in such networks. Security is maintained by
    ensuring only registered devices could gain access to such networks. Network devices such as
    the router are encoded to deny or allow access points to devices that are trying to connect to such
    a network.

    In other matters, the public and private networks used almost the same technology and
    infrastructure. The only difference being the security angle in an EPN. On an EPN, web-servers
    must be surely protected, and hence arise the need for firewalls and safety protocols to be
    followed.

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    A related concept to EPN is the VPN (Virtual Private Network). It extends a private network
    across the public network. In this, the information that a user communicates over a public
    network is shared as if their computers were connected to a private network.

    The communication is encrypted and secure over a VPN. Therefore, devices that run across a
    VPN are benefitted by the strength, security, and management of the private network. VPN is
    more secure as they may help mask IP addresses, hide the physical location of devices, avoid
    censorship blocks, etc.

    Advantages of using an EPN:

    It becomes clear from the purpose of EPNs that they have certain advantages in using them, they
    are:

    1. Maximum Security: A private organization or business adhere to the strictest norms of security
    of their data and shared resources. Data circulation is crucial to sustaining an organization and
    hence the built-in security and encryption features ensure that no outsiders or unwanted access
    happen to the private network. So, even if the initial costs of setting up an EPN may seem high,
    they are totally worth every penny.
    2. Cost savings: A secure way to share information and resources is possible on an EPN. This keeps
    the organization’s workflow in action and sustains the business. By sharing resources on the
    EPN, the cost of physically transporting data to various departments/parts of an organization
    located over vast areas is reduced. Time-saving also happens by the virtue of such a setup.
    Hence, EPN is very useful.
    3. Centralization: Since, EPN connects different parts of an organization located over different
    geographical reaches, continuity of business is ensured. A disruption at a place doesn’t affect
    the whole business. Contingency plans to deal with the disruption are activated saving time and
    money.

    A few disadvantages of using an EPN-

    1. A full-time network administrator is needed to keep the system up and going.


    2. The use of firewalls, security protocols and systems increase the costs of upkeep and
    maintenance for an organization.

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