A network engineer is tasked with setting up a secure communication channel for their company's remote workers to access the corporate network. The company's requirements include the ability to authenticate users and devices, as well as encrypt data packets to ensure confidentiality and integrity.

Given these requirements, which tunneling protocol should the network engineer primarily consider implementing?

Transport Layer Security $($TLS$)$

Internet Protocol Security $($IPSec$)$

Point$-$to$-$Point Protocol $($PPP$)$

Generic Routing Encapsulation $($GRE$)$