Everyone is online is indeed a blessing for many businesses in order to reap the true benefits of it. It is necessary for minds to understand the basic working principle. You must address the problems associated with the mobile workforce. Managing remote workforce is a difficulty for both small and big companies however the challenge faced by small companies is always high due to lack of budget.
This article covers a broad spectrum of the challenges faced by small businesses while working with borderless employees and the ways to overcome this problem.
- Usage of unsave wifi to access confidential data: the employees should have a strict instruction to access the provided data in a safe VIP connection to prevent the harvest of data. Acces of public wifi makes it easier for cyber criminals to steal the data.
- Use of multiple devices for transfer of data: BYOD widely known as bring your own device policy has increased the risk of misplacement of data by 46%. there are high chances that an individual might stole the confidential information during the employment period and the company never gets time to erase the provided data
- Basic physical security practices should not be ignored in public places: cyber security and physical security are the two essential components of the security of any company. The employee should follow a strict norm of not sharing confidential details in public places while being engaged on a call or sharing the screen in cafes. A friendly reminder by the company to the employees would always be a bloom.
- Email scams: insufficient knowledge of the employees is always the biggest threat to the company when it comes to digital media. Unknowingly being a part of email scam employees can actually give access to harvest the details about their company
- Cyber security on remote working infrastructure: new infrastructure always generates new risk. brute force and server-side attacks are the two main sectors the security system should be alert of. DDoS protection is also an essential criteria.
Practices to avoid security risk problems
- Multi factor authentication: the more the number of layers for protection the more it will be difficult for cyber criminals to gain access over the system.
- Password manager: the most common human error is usage of weak password as a result cyber criminals found it easier to crack passwords and have access to the data. Usage of a wide variety of passwords is the most essential criteria of hackers.
- VPN: The company should follow a strict norm to access the network provided while dealing with company confidential data. As a result anyone who tries to intercept the encrypted data will not be able to read it.
- Firewall: Fire wall is an essential tool against cyber threat by protecting the remote end points. The main work of a firewall is to block unwanted traffic and to monitor network traffic.
- Define which positions are eligible for remote work: Everyone should be aware which job functions are allowed to work remotely which are not due to security reasons. Unfortunately, not every position is a good fit for remote work.
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