The coronavirus, or COVID-19, has created a wave of disruption around the world. In response to the pandemic, many organizations that may have remote workers are advising their employees to work from home to avoid contamination in the office. contamination in the office.
Although it is a practice, this race to turn all employees into remote workers employees into remote workers has consequences in terms of security security and data protection.
In these unprecedented times For these unprecedented times, safe and efficient remote working practices are essential to ensure that a risky situation does not compromise your organization, business business operations and, above all, customers.
Find out 3 tips that will make all the difference in ensuring safe and productive remote work throughout this global crisis.
1. VPN everywhere, all the time
Despite the proliferation of the cloud and the advent of technologies such as cloud access security security agents that provide cloud application security, the VPN used on every employee's laptop, tablet or mobile device remains the first step to securely connecting to a corporate network. network.
Although VPNs offer obfuscation through encryption, the sudden increase in VPN connections could connections could compromise the VPN limit due to the surge of remote workers. workers.
The solution consists of efficiently managing the company's corporate networks, carrying out tests and checking the performance of the corporate VPN and sustained connections, reviewing service contracts with VPN suppliers or service providers.
2. Apply best practices for remote employee security and privacy
Although some employees have enjoyed the experience of working from home, many others have never worked remotely before. As such, they may not be familiar with using the company's security and privacy best practices at home. privacy practices at home.
It is therefore is essential to ensure that remote employees have the right set of in accordance with the company's security policy. These should include a VPN client and device management software. management software.
And to guarantee best practices in data security and privacy, raise awareness among your workforce using online training. Create courses on the challenges of remote working and its best practices. Note that new employees working from home, along with those already working remotely, should go through these trainings.
3. Define the use of company-approved applications
So that employees to work sustainably, efficiently and productively from home, expect a greater load on corporate applications, including CRM, HR and collaboration applications.
If applications don't respond instantly in the way they're used to in the office, it's a sure bet the way they're used to in the office, it's a sure bet that they'll use unapproved ways of working from home.
Imagine, for example, that Slack (a communication tool) takes a long time to respond due to performance problems. Google Hangouts could become the new go-to for employees to discuss sensitive company issues, even if it's not approved by the organization.
Every application for use must be tested and updated to increase the workload. workload. In addition, employees need to be trained to understand the remote employee security practices and learn why the use of unapproved unapproved applications can harm employees and their employers.
The management of the list, as well as the "blacklisting" of applications must also be considered when managing the organization's network solutions and corporate applications. applications of the organization.
About Conversys
Conversys IT Solutions is a provider of Information and Communication Technology services and solutions. and Communication with operations throughout Brazil.
With a highly highly qualified technical and commercial team and a network of partners that includes the main global technology manufacturers, Conversys IT Solutions is able to deliver customized IT infrastructure and telecom solutions to clients. Telecom.
We invest in our employees and partners, and we strive for a lasting relationship with our clients, because we believe that this is how we gain the skills and knowledge needed to innovate and generate value for the businesses in which we in which we operate.
About Aruba
ARUBA, a Hewlett Parkard Enterprise company, is redefining the intelligent network, with mobility and IoT solutions for organizations of all sizes globally.
Offering IT solutions that empower organizations to serve the Mobile Generation - mobile who rely on cloud-based applications for all aspects of their work and personal lives - and to all aspects of their work and personal lives - and to harness the power of insights to transform business processes.
With infrastructure services offered as private or public cloud software, Aruba offers secure connectivity for mobility and IoT, allowing IT professionals to IT professionals to create networks that keep pace with change.
