As companies across sectors encourage\u2014and\neven mandate\u2014that their employees work from home to protect themselves and others\nfrom the spread of coronavirus, IT professionals are tasked with the\nincreasingly complex and challenging responsibility of cyber safety for\nemployees\u2019 devices and companies\u2019 networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Individuals and organizations are likely\nto face increased cyberthreats from malicious actors attempting to target\nweakened network security as a result of more people teleworking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For\norganizations that already offer work-from-home options for all or many of\ntheir employees, their network infrastructure and institutional awareness are\nmost likely prepared to protect them from outside cyberthreats. But for\ncompanies and employees where the option to work from home is new, it is\nimportant that IT professionals and individual employees take the steps\nnecessary to prevent attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Infoblox\nrecommends that businesses implement the following guidelines and best\npractices to ensure the security of their networks and corporate data while\nemployees are working from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\nis essential that employees have clearly defined IT policies and protocols in\nplace for working from home. These cyber safety guidelines should include, but\nare not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Companies\nmost likely already have a robust security infrastructure in place to ensure\nthe cyber safety of their corporate networks. With users increasingly working\nfrom home, the traditional corporate security perimeter has vanished and VPNs\nare often no longer necessary to get work done. Instead, employees are\nincreasingly using cloud applications, many of which have not been vetted for\nsecurity issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Network\nmanagers and security teams need to ensure that technologies used when working\nfrom home are ready and secure, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Above\nall, employers should make sure that employees are aware of the increased risk\nof cyberthreats tied to the coronavirus pandemic and train them on how to avoid\nthem, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As networks continue to be more decentralized and more employees take advantage of the benefits of working from home, securing networks from malware and other cyberthreats <\/a>will remain a challenge. Emphasizing and implementing these cyber safety best practices for working from home will help IT managers ensure that corporate networks remain cyber-safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Individuals and organizations are likely to face increased cyberthreats from malicious actors attempting to target weakened network security as a result of more people teleworking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[686,518,527,303,551,838,1062],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-2098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-computing","tag-cyber_attack","tag-cyber_security","tag-cyber_threat","tag-infoblox","tag-information_technology","tag-remote_working","tag-stayhome"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/employees-techxmedia.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t