Until everything returns to normal post-pandemic, we are certain: working from home is here to stay. Smart companies are using technology to their advantage to provide protection for employees working remotely. Although this is not a custom for most of them, data security has been widely disseminated in business circles, seeking improvements in protection systems and mainly, loss of (more) revenue or investment in repairs related to the topic.
With that in mind, below we will look at the dangers of working from home and some ways to avoid such problems.
What are the dangers of remote work?
Imagine a company with 70 employees working directly on computers connected to the internet every day. Due to a health factor, practically all of them had to adopt remote work, from their homes.
Previously, the point of attack was only the company's internal network, where the company's protection system covers all connected employees. Now, in home offices, the possible points of attack are many, and can be multiplied if employees use more than one device in their home. There is also the fact that there is no type of control over tasks and access to personal computers or those outside the control of the company network. In the worst case scenario, in remote access to the company network, all sensitive and important data can be encrypted or hijacked by cyber criminals.
The big challenge for companies that make remote work their ace in the hole to keep the company fully operational is keeping their data safe and their employees controlled.
It is extremely difficult for companies that do not have a developed IT sector or dedicated to information security, to have control over the infrastructure that their remote employees are using to work. Speaking of IT, we recently published the IT Guide for Small and Medium Businesses , I believe it will be useful if you have problems related to this.
Secure remote access
Security has always been thought of as a set of people, processes and technology, but now, technology is playing a greater role in this scenario, by allowing companies to operate through remote access.
While it is preferable for employees to be physically present, secure remote access allows organizations to manage the process of accessing sensitive and critical company systems in a responsible and secure manner, providing the ability to see who is using the business infrastructure.
Amid the pandemic, most teams are teleworking, or home office, as it is commonly known. With this in mind, we published the Home Office Guide for Small and Medium-sized Companies , with various information and tools for those who use the work modality, or intend to use it.
Many people try to inhibit technology simply because they understand that many of their tasks can be replaced by it, however, it is the organization's duty to value the security of data used by employees, whether through technology that eliminates manual tasks or not.
Access control
If access control in companies is already difficult in person, imagine remotely. While employees can use the internet for their daily tasks, they can also use it improperly, generating low productivity, inattention, data security problems and incalculable losses for the company.
Controlling internet access in companies is a fundamental policy in managing teams and technology resources, especially in home offices.
Below we mention some benefits and advantages that this action provides:
- Greater productivity and quality in tasks
- Focus on company tasks
- Protection against internet threats
- Less occurrence of problems with viruses and malware
- Monitoring and information about internet use
- Better performance of systems and computers
- Lower equipment maintenance costs
Secure remote access best practices
To help ensure secure operational practices linked to remote access, we have listed below some best practices that companies and employees can follow:
- Use antivirus on all computers
- Two-factor authentication (2FA)
- backup copies of important data
- Monitor remote access connections, gaining more visibility into all remote systems that interact with your network
- Create and deploy access policies and secure remote access rules
- Constantly check system configurations to ensure there are no undue changes
- Keep software and operating systems up to date
- Constantly update passwords, using strong and secure passwords
How to easily control remote and secure access
Business VPN is a great solution specifically for small and medium businesses so they can provide their employees with secure remote access and monitor security threats.
A great advantage of Lumiun's Corporate VPN over other Corporate VPN solutions is that it applies to employees who are working remotely, in a home office, the same rules for protecting and monitoring internet access that exist on the company's internal network, if it exists. internet usage policy remains in force , with the aim of improving information security and employee productivity.
The tool provides detailed visibility of each remote connection, in addition to the possibility of having full control over each access by user and equipment, that is, you can see exactly what your employees are accessing, at what times, define access rules for each one of them, thus keeping all data that travels through remote access much safer and more controlled.
Lumiun is installed easily, without the need for technical knowledge, with full support for any difficulties encountered.
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