To secure your remote workforce, lock down ‘your’ computers

Some of you, I’m sure, still believe you’ll manage to lead your flock of employees back to the cozy cubicles of the corporate office shortly. Not likely to occur. I’ve been paying close attention to the revolution in remote work, and I can assure you that your people enjoy it. A lot.

A FlexJobs survey found that 58% of employees who are already working remotely stated they would “definitely look for a new job” if they were prohibited from doing so.

not just employees, either. Remote employment, according to successful software entrepreneur Lou Shipley, “brought on an increase in productivity.” How much is that? He claimed that between 50% and 75% less was spent on travel-related costs for sales and marketing in 2020, which “coincided with an increase in overall sales of between 20% and 50% year over year.”

The most important details in this text are the steps businesses should take to secure their employees when they are working from home. These steps include being smart about passwords, using antivirus and malware programs, and doing everything they can to avoid getting dusted by ransomware. Additionally, businesses should not allow their employees to use their personal computers or other electronics they own, as this could lead to a breach of corporate secrets. Additionally, businesses should not allow their employees to use their personal computers or other electronics they own, as this could lead to a breach of corporate secrets. Finally, businesses should not allow their employees to use their personal computers or other electronics they own, as this could lead to a breach of corporate secrets.

The most important details in this text are that employees should use encryption on all their corporate data and that public Wi-Fi networks can be used to spy on data running over public networks. Additionally, employee PCs at home may not be up to date with the latest antivirus software and application and operating system patches. Finally, it is important for employees to have corporate computers that are used only for work and that the company controls, as there are too many ways it can go wrong in the long run.