Succeeding With A Work-From-Home-Team
To succeed with work-from-home employees you need 3 things: Secure and reliable IT setups, good leadership, and ergonomic at-home workstations. I’ve written three articles to address these issues.
To succeed with work-from-home employees you need 3 things: Secure and reliable IT setups, good leadership, and ergonomic at-home workstations. I’ve written three articles to address these issues.
A comfortable employee is a productive employee. Read how to create ergonomic home offices for your remote staff to keep them working healthy and efficiently.
You don’t need to work in cybersecurity to work-from-home safely. Just use common sense, and practice these 15 online safety tips for remote employees.
Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus many employees have been forced to work from home, or may be working from home in the near future. If you find yourself in this situation it’s important to remember to follow the best IT security practices when working from home to not put your company at risk of an online virus or cyberattack.
Working remotely can be challenging because you likely don’t have the same security safeguards in place at home as you do in the office. In addition, most people have multiple devices connected to their home Wifi, including personal computers, smartphones, game consoles, etc. These can all offer hackers a gateway into your home Wifi which can then give them a backdoor into the corporate device you are working from. It’s up to you to implement your own layers of security controls at home to prevent your company’s data from being breached.
Cyber criminals love to prey on companies when they are most vulnerable, and one of the weak spots they look for is employees who are not following the best IT security practices for working remotely.
Below is a list of things you can do to prevent cyberattacks while working remotely. You should follow these guidelines whenever you are logged into a corporate laptop or phone, even if it’s just to check a few emails.
Only Use Secure Wifi
Protect Your Workspace
Secure Your Devices
Read about having a secure bring your own device policy >>
Use Common Sense
Report Any Security Issues Immediately
Want to learn more about working from home safely? Read about Threat Remediation while working from home >>
Fill out the form below or contact PCR Business Systems if you have any questions about setting up a secure workspace for your remote employees.