In the wake of COVID-19, companies across all business sectors quickly adopted remote working policies. Organizations already with a Cloud-based technical infrastructure transitioned more easily than those without. In either case, employees accessing their company's technical assets from home increased the risk of a cyberattack. In short, their home networks make them attractive targets for cybercriminals.
So let's look closely at a few best practices for boosting the cybersecurity footprint of your company's remote staff. Understanding and implementing these ideas better protect your business's applications and data against attack. It remains the wisest approach for any organization's SecOps strategy when employing remote workers.
With remote working, each employee's home network now resides squarely on their company's network perimeter. This situation remains a critical risk requiring a discerning cybersecurity approach, including smart passwords for employees' home WiFi networks. Make sure they understand how to create a smart password. Require its use for all company accounts as well as on their home WiFi router.
As another layer of security, consider making multifactor authentication (MFA) a policy for all company accounts. MFA ensures the corporate IT infrastructure receives additional cyber protection. Also, make using a password manager part of your SecOps policies to help employees manage the company and personal passwords.
Data encryption also plays a critical role in any business's cybersecurity footprint. All network data – applications and network traffic – must be encrypted using the latest standards and algorithms.
At the same time, it requires employees to encrypt any device used to access corporate technical resources. This includes computers, smartphones, tablets, and even wearables. The risk of unencrypted devices falling into the hands of an unethical hacker remains too strong for anything less.
A virtual private network (VPN) provides a critical piece of any remote worker's cybersecurity strategy. VPNs automatically encrypt all network traffic, ensuring data privacy when accessing company IT resources. It also prevents cybercriminals from snooping on any network activity. Understand that a VPN slightly degrades performance, so keep this in mind if your company uses high bandwidth content.
Phishing emails and websites provide hackers with a great opportunity to steal passwords and network credentials. So provide your employees with information on how to recognize malformed URLs and phishing attempts using email. Once again, they now reside on the front lines of your business's cybersecurity battle.
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