VPN used as a security model
'Get on the VPN to work' is brittle: breaks often, opens large network paths, and doesn't solve the real problem of identity verification.
INDUSTRY · REMOTE & HYBRID TEAMS
IT for teams that work from wherever the work is — not wherever the office is.
Secured endpoints, zero-trust access, cloud-first collaboration, phone systems that follow users, and support that works whether your employee is in Doral or Dallas. Built for businesses whose teams don't all sit in the same building.
Remote and hybrid isn't a compromise. It's a different IT model.
The assumption baked into most small-business IT — 'everyone's in the office so the network will protect them' — stopped being true in 2020 and isn't coming back. Remote and hybrid teams need identity-based security instead of network-based security, cloud-first document collaboration, and phone systems and support that don't care where the user is physically sitting. The good news: done right, this setup is more secure and more productive than the office-only model ever was.
Where remote and hybrid IT tends to fail.
Personal devices accessing company email
No MDM, no policy enforcement, no wipe capability when the employee leaves — and PHI / PII on a personal phone.
Collaboration sprawl
Data spread across personal Dropbox, Gmail, Google Drive, and a shared company OneDrive. No audit trail, no retention policy, no discoverability.
Onboarding takes a week
Shipping laptops, generating credentials manually, setting up apps one at a time. A new hire is underutilized for the first half of their first week.
Remote employees get second-class IT support
Everything takes longer. Eventually they stop asking and work around problems instead.
A modern remote-team IT baseline.
The services most relevant to remote & hybrid teams businesses:
Microsoft 365 Consulting
SharePoint / OneDrive / Teams as the central collaboration plane, properly configured and backed up.
View service →Cybersecurity & Threat Protection
Identity-first security: MFA, conditional access, EDR on every endpoint, phishing simulations.
View service →Managed Detection & Response (MDR/XDR)
Because a compromised laptop in Orlando is still a compromised laptop. 24/7 detection and automatic containment.
View service →Managed IT Services
Help desk that reaches users wherever they are, automated onboarding, mobile device management, clean offboarding.
View service →Cloud Backup & Disaster Recovery
Backup of M365, OneDrive, and endpoints — not dependent on a user being on the VPN.
View service →VoIP Business Phone Systems
One business number, every device, every location. SMS from business line, not personal cell.
View service →Case snapshot
A 25-person remote-first professional services firm engaged RANGO after a compromised credential led to unauthorized access to their file-sharing platform. We rolled out MFA with conditional access, deployed Intune with device compliance policies, migrated shared-drive data to SharePoint with retention policies, and automated onboarding so new hires are productive on day one. Second external assessment found zero critical findings.
"Every inquiry or issue is addressed promptly, and their team explains everything in a way that's easy to understand."
— Alba B., Professional Services client
Frequently asked questions
Do we need a VPN?
For most modern businesses, no. Identity-based access (MFA, conditional access, Zero Trust Network Access) replaces the network-centric VPN model. VPN still makes sense for specific legacy systems; we scope those case-by-case.
How do we support employees in other states or countries?
Our help desk supports users anywhere. For employees outside the US, there are legal and tax implications around hiring we help you think through with your employment counsel.
What about BYOD — can employees use personal laptops?
Sometimes. We help you think through the tradeoffs: BYOD is cheaper but requires MDM on personal devices; company-issued is more expensive but cleaner for compliance and offboarding.
How do we handle onboarding a remote employee?
Automated: a new hire record in your HR system triggers account creation, license assignment, device enrollment (device ships pre-configured), and welcome email with credentials. Most clients have new hires productive within a few hours of the laptop being unboxed.
What happens when a remote employee leaves?
Automated offboarding disables accounts, revokes credentials, wipes MDM-managed devices, and archives data per your retention policy — within minutes of the termination being recorded.
Run your remote team without IT being the bottleneck.
A free remote-team IT review covers identity security, device management, collaboration platforms, and the onboarding/offboarding that decides whether remote work actually scales.