How to ensure your data is safe when working from home
Things have changed pretty quickly recently. And businesses have had to adapt quickly too. With many employees now working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic, this is putting immense pressure on both IT resources and on the teams who manage those resources.
Not all organisations are set up to facilitate remote working, and some that are set up now find their resources overstretched. Along with needing to manage their data systems in a different way, IT teams are also facing the additional issues that arise when entire workforces move to hosted networks as they work from home.
Employers should educate their employees about data security when working from home
There have been many articles published in the last couple of weeks about working from home. Getting into a routine, having a dedicated workspace, starting and ending the working day at the same time as if your employees were in the office.
Providing your employees with guidance on keeping their data secure while working from home is just as important. They will most likely be using their home broadband to carry out their work – and additional usage for video calls and online collaboration tools.
And if they are not mindful of security best practice while away from the relative protection of your office firewalls and security protocols, they could be exposing their data – and your organisation’s – to malicious threats and attacks.
It takes one click on a link or attachment from one phishing email to infect and compromise their personal device and data. And if they’re connected to your organisation’s network, it could impact your critical business data too.
Our guide looks at several key areas where your remote workers should be particularly vigilant – and offers advice on best practice when it comes to keeping your data safe while working from home, including:
- Phishing – how to spot a malicious email
- Protecting home networks and WiFi
- Password best practice
- Using personal (non-work) PC, laptop or other device
- Keeping software and systems up to date
- Backdoors through other WiFi devices
- Storing business critical data
- File sharing
Download our guide and share with your teams. It will help them stay safe – and keep your business data safe – while they are working from home.
