In just a few weeks we have shifted to a work from home world. It may feel like a familiar and safe environment, but most homes do not have a cyber security plan, or a commercial firewall, that will block numerous threats.
Be sure to follow this page, which will be updated with resources that you can use to ensure your employees are working safely. Give us a call and we will be happy to review your new work from home process and help you to keep your company and your team, safe.
- Listen to this webinar from our Security Training partner KnowBe4 to learn what you need to do. Let us know if you’d like to add security awareness training to your security tool kit for a few dollars a day. Webinar from KnowBe4 https://tinyurl.com/w9sk9vt —
- Social Engineering Red Flags https://www.knowbe4.com/hubfs/22RedFlags-1.pdf?hsLang=en
Pre-Screening checklist for at home computers
Q: I want my employees to use their home computers to work from home. Is it safe?
A: Home machines and home networks are not fortified with the security defenses and protection that your office has. That said, your business’s situation may leave you no other alternative than to have employees work from home using their own computer. Before you do, make sure they have at least the minimum safe guards on their own computer:
Ask these questions:
• What endpoint security do you have? AV, Anti-Spyware, malware
• Internet Gateway have you called your internet provider and verified that the equipment they provided you has all updates? If you purchased your own, when was the last time you verified that it is running the latest firmware?
• Updates & patches: Are you running a supported operating system and have you verified that the operating system, adobe, Java, updates are current?
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