Work from home cybersecurity tips – COVID19

Cybersecurity tips for business became the rally cry in recent months as enterprises increasingly embraced the idea of remote work partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. To ‘Work from Home’ (WFH) means to work remotely as opposed to commuting to work in an office. Enterprises embraced the flexible WFH model to ensure business continuity even as mobility and activities are crippled in this COVID-19 era. 

The COVID-19 global pandemic has already changed the way business is done. Face-to-face interactions are rare. Instead, now most meetings are conducted online or via the telephone. Consumers are purchasing more online than in brick-and-mortar stores and remote employees are now the “new norm”.

Due to recent circumstances, life has changed. This includes how and where employees work. Remote employees aren’t new. For some organizations, the majority of their workforce is off-site. Many other companies are scrambling. This is a new environment for them. Suddenly, their employees are working remotely and this leaves questions about cybersecurity.

The outbreak of the novel COVID-19 virus has changed the way companies around the world run their operations. With the intervention of our ever-improving technology, we seem to have found our way around this paralyzing standstill. Many companies and organizations have quickly adapted and utilized strategies to keep their operations running without having to risk the health and safety of their workers. Most organizations require their employees to work from home, while they are connected to the regular network operations, using digital tools.

Remote work is here — whether we like it or not — thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic faced globally. Many companies are now implementing voluntary or mandatory work-from-home policies, which is an unusual challenge for first-time remote workers.