A Comparative Analysis of VPN Applications and Their Security Capabilities Towards Security Issues

In the current age, ensuring the security and confidentiality of information transmitted via the Internet is a crucial issue for both individuals and companies, and plenty of technology companies and their technologies are offering such features. Like other numerous technologies, virtual private networks (VPNs) technologies have been applied to the modern world for security. Different VPN companies that offer free to paid services help provide security capabilities that a user would need to use when facing a vulnerability in using VPNs. These offers could include encryption, firewalls, and encryption with technologies such as tunneling, portal, and remote desktop architectures. This research has gathered information regarding user interest in VPNs, as well as seeking their confidence and knowledge regarding the security and privacy of different VPN clients. The results of the survey show that users are knowledgeable of VPNs, their services, and their acknowledgment of their vulnerability that hackers could use to their advantage.