5 ways to keep your company safe while everyone works from home.
As tens of millions of employees go remote around the world, the question becomes — is your company ready for remote work? Here are 5 ways to help keep your business secure during this global lockdown.
Ensure proper training and onboarding for everyone
Don’t let someone slip through the cracks and compromise your company’s digital security. Make sure your whole team knows how to keep their work safe from the get-go. Consider live-streaming a run-down of the remote access process. Here are a few topics to discuss:
- How to set up a remote access VPN
- How to set up malware and antivirus software
- What is the procedure for connecting/accessing remotely and maintaining security
- When it is ok/not ok to use a personal computer
Protect data at all costs
This goes without saying, but how do you accomplish this? Research shows that most employees don’t take the same precautions when working from home as they would in the office. On top of that, secure office VPNs and servers are replaced by basic home Wi-Fi networks and sometimes even personal computers. This leaves your company vulnerable, but that can be easily fixed. Ensure all your employees are using a trusted remote access business VPN to access files and assets remotely.
Do a full security sweep of your team’s routers and devices
Is there antivirus and malware protection on every device? Have employees changed the manufacturer-set admin and passwords for network login? Are all team members using a business VPN to access servers remotely? Are passwords organized and secure? If the answer to any of these is “no” then your company’s security could be at risk. Take action to solve these issues immediately.
Password security is a priority
Ideally, your employees would all have new computers with biometric access like facial recognition or fingerprint identification. If this isn’t possible, use a tool that keeps passwords organized and secure. There are many available but go for a paid or premium service to ensure your data isn’t being sold to anyone.
Keep morale high and the team focused
It’s a tough time for everyone, and we all need to take action to keep safe. Using tools that keep your company and all the people in it safe is a solution that gives everyone one less thing to worry about. Set up a remote access server, ensure your team knows how to use it and keep your passwords and other assets protected. That security and peace of mind can prove invaluable at a time like this.
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