Remote Work & Cybersecurity

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A cyber security plan must classify an organization's policies, procedures, backup plans, and controls to protect it against security risks and threats. Identifying the data protection plan, emerging threats, assets prioritize details, and remote workforce security must be guarded while developing a cybersecurity plan.

1. Data protection: Data protection is a principal and primary goal of cybersecurity that involves protecting data from unauthorized access, misuse of data, disclosure, modification, or deletion. Protecting all sensitive and PI data, preventing data loss and corruption, and protecting the organization's reputation is essential. Physical and virtual data are important and must be stored where no unauthorized person can view, update, or delete data from the database.

2. Emerging threats: The term 'emerging threats' refers to new techniques, methods, and procedures cybercriminals employ to exploit, disrupt, or breach security systems. For example, send an email notification with a good deal/promotional offer during Thanksgiving week, offer to send a free sample by asking for a home address, get the message (promotion, offer, discount) related to tax, home loan, insurance discount, etc.

3. Assets prioritize details: Assets must be prioritized based on importance to business operations. Prepare a backup plan if any assets are not available. For example, how can you access the network if the VPN is not working or remote login is not possible for security reasons? Who is the point of contact for a laptop/VPN issue? All these details must be documented in a shared point, and employees should have an emergency contact list with email and phone numbers in case they need assistance with any assets unavailable because of any issue.

4. Remote workforce security: Work from home or remote work does not mean login from the park, restaurant, airport, or library; the employee should understand the organization's remote policy and log in from a secure network (from home LAN, wifi) not from any public free network. Employees should not be allowed to check their office laptops/work email/continue office work in front of/with any family members, including their children, during work-from-home time, and must lock the system when they are not in front of their system. Extra precautions while eating or drinking near the office laptop and prevent damage to any physical assets (laptop, charger, etc.)

Cyber Security issues are increasing day by day. It is essential to teach all employees about cybersecurity and its impact.

Nabanita Das Pradeep Thotapalle SBase Technologies, Inc.