With more staff than ever working outside of the office, the attack surface is in many ways both larger than ever and outside of your control. Which can be a huge problem if you don’t have a plan to manage things remotely and keep users’ data safe in an array of environments. Some of the best solutions involve guidance; others involve strengthened security.
Read on for a few tips to keep remote employees secure in a home environment:
Multi-factor authentication matters more than ever. If your organization once saw your office’s security mechanisms as a useful way to ensure that only approved people would be able to access a platform, a change in location basically ensures a change in dynamic. As CIO notes, now is a good time to take steps to strengthen security, particularly when it comes to multi-factor authentication, such as smartphone apps like Google Authenticator or even physical keys.
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