The COVID-19 pandemic has shown corporate America that supporting remote workers in large numbers is both possible and manageable. Since the start of the pandemic, many large and medium-sized enterprises have decided to let large swaths of their workforce work from home more often or permanently. Remote working offers many benefits, such as lowering businesses’ building operation costs and giving team members improved work-life balance, but it also has its risks. Here are several cyber security measures you can use to reduce the risks of remote working.
Regulate Access to Sensitive Data
You should already restrict access to sensitive data onsite, but this is even more important for working from home securely. When everyone in your enterprise works remotely, cyber threats can exploit your new configurations to breach your network and access your business’s sensitive information and data. How can you protect your network from these threats? Here are some home network security best practices you can enact with your remote team members:
- Use encryption wherever and whenever possible
- Your company should mandate an encryption policy for all systems. Encrypted drives can add an extra layer of information security to your network.
- Level up your password security
- Enforce a strict password policy requiring:
■ A minimum 12 characters
■ Proper complexity requirements
■ 60 day expiration - As an added layer of authentication to the traditional User Name and Password, it is recommended that multi-factor authentication (MFA) be implemented.
- Enforce a strict password policy requiring:
- Keep track of network-connected devices
- Make sure your employees conduct business on their business-issued devices, not their personal devices.
- You should also implement an endpoint management solution.
■ Provides malware and anti-virus
■ Prevents unauthorized software installations
■ Enforce security baselines
These are some of the tools and best practices which can be utilized to add additional security for resources and data, while allowing your remote workforce to operate effectively and efficiently.
How Can Istonish Help Your Employees Work From Home?
Istonish has the knowledge, experience, and resources to help you and your employees practice cyber security at home. For example, we can use our managed security services to monitor your network 24/7/365. This service prevents cyber threats from breaching your network and accessing your data. We also develop and design custom software, so we can customize software and apps that help your employees communicate while they work remotely. When we develop and design apps and software, we keep security at the center of the process so the software or app has security measures that fit with the rest of your network security once it’s implemented. When you partner with Istonish, we customize our services to meet your business’s needs, so we can adjust our services to help you configure your network to meet work-from-home best practices.
Encourage your employees to use encrypted WiFi networks as they work remotely. You should also require encryption of all drives. Encrypted drives can add an extra layer of information security to your network.
Improve Your Remote Working Security Measure With Istonish
If you want to convert part or all of your workforce to working remotely, reach out to Istonish today. We can help you implement the right security measures for your network infrastructure and your overall business operations while keeping your data and your team members safe. Let us customize our services so we can protect your network, your workforce, and your business.
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