Dynamic management of servers based on environmental events

A method in a virtual private network (VPN), the method comprising:

• configuring a VPN server to predict potential overloading of the VPN server based at least in part on predicting a potential breach of a critical threshold associated with the VPN server, the predicting being prior to the potential overloading;
• configuring the VPN server to verify, based at least in part on predicting the potential overloading, an identity of a secondary server with which the VPN server is authorized to establish a secure connection;
• configuring the VPN server to establish, based at least in part on verifying the identity of the secondary server, a secure connection with the secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information between the VPN server and the secondary server;
• and
• configuring the VPN server to transmit, to the secondary server over the secure connection, an encrypted message identifying a host device and data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to request the data of interest from the host device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with a virtual private network (VPN) infrastructure device, configure the processor to:

• configure a VPN server to predict potential overloading of the VPN server based at least in part on predicting a potential breach of a critical threshold associated with the VPN server, the predicting being prior to the potential overloading;
• configure the VPN server to verify, based at least in part on predicting the potential overloading, an identity of a secondary server with which the VPN server is authorized to establish a secure connection;
• configure the VPN server to establish, based at least in part on verifying the identity of the secondary server, a secure connection with the secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information between the VPN server and the secondary server;
• and
• configure the VPN server to transmit, to the secondary server over the secure connection, an encrypted message identifying a host device and data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to request the data of interest from the host device.