The following security requirements are in place to protect your remote access device as well as SMC’s network from any security related issues.

In order to establish a connection with SMC’s network via VPN, the following guidelines apply :

An approved SMC IT Security Request for VPN access

• All SMC Security policies are still in effect when accessing SMC’s network remotely
• For SMC Employees, only your SMC issued equipment is eligible for connectivity
• Antivirus protection must be installed and enabled
• Virus definitions must be up to date (No more than 30 day’s out of date)
• Scans must be regularly completed (No more than 7 days since last scan)
• SMC-owned equipment must also have the SMC supplied Patch management and Anti-Spyware software installed and up to date

Please see the attached PDF for full installation instructions.