Working from Home

 

Here are 20ways you can increase your Working from Home Security.

1. Secure Your Home Office

The thought of securing a home office doesn’t come to mind readily for home PC security..

2. Secure Your Home Modem / Router

Implementing a secure home office internet connection has exponentially increased within the last year.

3. Don’t Delay Software Updates

Software updates are one of the most overlooked security measures for businesses and employees.

4. Watch Out For Phishing Scams

The new normal of working from home became a reality during the early months of the pandemic. More and more businesses are helping employees settle into this new normal. However, because most people are working from home doesn’t mean being more relaxed with company assets.

5. Implement A Virtual Private Network (VPN)

A virtual private network (VPN) is by far an excellent security protocol to implement for any sized business.

6. Increase Password Complexity

Passwords are one of the highest security vulnerabilities when it involves cybersecurity. 

7. Incorporate MFA For All Web Services

In addition to increasing password complexity, incorporating an extra layer of security when signing into a website is a great idea.

8. Keep Personal & Work Devices Separate

The temptation of combining both a work and personal device into one is intriguing and convenient. However, work devices should be that; only related to work.

9. Avoid Working At A Public WiFi Location

Free WiFi is a convenient connection to have when in a pinch. Did you know that most free WiFi locations have insecure connections? In fact, the reason free WiFi is readily available in coffee shops, airports, or other lounge areas is how easy it is to install a free WiFi hotspot.

10. Encrypt Data As Much As Possible

Encryption became a buzzword around the time the Internet was leaning into increased security.

11. Backing Up Data

The first rule of backing up is talking about actually backing up data..

12. Use Company Provided Thumb Drives

Small flash or thumb drives are hardware devices that allow users to store data. If you’re anything like me you have a handful of these lying around the house in a junk drawer..

13. Keep Your Operating System Up To Date

The operating system runs the entire computer’s internal system. Windows 10 and macOS Big Sur are two examples of an operating system.

14. Set A Schedule With IT To Run Company Device Updates

One of the many perks of partnering with a managed IT service provider is a service called remote monitoring & management.

15. Ensure Automatic Locking Is Enabled

Automatic locking will lock your device after a certain amount of time of inactivity. 

16. Confirm Antivirus Is Running On Device

Every workstation will need to have an antivirus (AV) software running.

17. Enable Find My Device & Remote Wipe

All Windows and macOS computers come with a “find my device” feature. .

18. Work With IT On Wiping Any Non-used Devices

Data sanitization refers to wiping a hard drive once the computer no longer needs to be commissioned.

19. Increase Cybersecurity Awareness Training.

Learn about it.

20. User Access Control

The philosophical IT discussion of allowing end users to have admin rights has been pontificated on numerous occasions.