Basically, I just want to be able to use my personal laptop for work instead of the company-provided desktop PC.
Since our tools are all web-based, I thought that I only need to be able to connect to the same VPN ob the laptop to be able to load up our tools. I see the server where we are connecting on desktop, so I wonder, If I install Cisco AnyConnect on my laptop and connect to the same server that I see on PC, would that work?
I am not techy, so I’m not sure if this is right or if what I want is even possible?
Edit:
Thanks for the answers. I just want to be a digital nomad and this bulky setup is my problem. I don’t mean any harm. I’ve worked here for years and believe me, I would’ve leaked all data that I can all ways using their “secure” computer. I’m just saying, it’s not an ethics issue.
For security configurations, what can the computer have that I cannot install on my laptop? Mine even has better system which is another reason why I want this. I am even willing to have the company configure it accordingly so I can use it with their consent. Apparently, others have asked and they don’t want to allow it because they believe it will affect productivity. That has many factors but anyway, it’s not a topic that we have to discuss.
Based on your answers, I don’t think I have intentions of even trying this anymore sounds very serious. Now I’ll go ahead and maybe just look for a way to hook the deskto to the laptop. Look, at this point, I just don’t want to have to bring a monitor, keyboard, and mouse all the time. Is it possible to use a laptop just for display and controls 
Why would you want to breach your employer’s security controls i.e., use of a company owned device and VPN, to use a device they have no assurance about including its state of upkeep? That sounds like the beginning of a terrible cyber event where the employee doesn’t realize the damage they just did.
It is very possible, just not recommended. Depending on your organization, it could lead to termination and possible criminal charges (government)
Might be possible but if they’re doing it right, they’ll see it’s not one of their machines and deny access…
But don’t do it. Not a good idea.
Depends on how they have the authentication policies setup. If they are checking for AD joined devices, it’s not going to work. If they use certificate based authentication, it’s not going to work. Even if it does work, are you going to rename your laptop to follow your company’s naming convention? If not, you’ll stand out to even a casual review of logs.
Even if they do allow for it, there are quite a few companies that require any personally owned computer or laptop or phone that is used for company business to be wiped in the event that you quit or are fired. These are enforced with software they managed that must be installed on your device(s). So they can remotely wipe your device if needed. Do you really want to be in that situation?
“For security configurations, what can the computer have that I cannot install on my laptop?”
Your laptop will not have their admin account. Which is ultimately how quite a few people end up getting caught using personally owned equipment. This can either be from the sysadmins actively running a powershell script to verify admin access. Or simply pointing the patch management system at the IP address pool used for Anyconnect. Or any of a dozen other reasons. Authentication denied errors will get attention.
AnyConnect VPN is just a basic MSI file and the connection profile is just a XML file in the file system. So theoretically yes it’s easy to install the client and profile. But if there’s any sort of strict AAA & enterprise CA certificates requirements going on at the headend it probably won’t connect. Or you could get a contractor profile applied where you can only connect to a VDI pool or RDP server.
