Are you providing a virtual workspace where everyone can collaborate, either working from the office or remotely, without compromising security?

With the government planning to make flexible working something new employees can request from day one, the shift to homeworking continues to grow and the demand to support, enable and protect remote working continues to increase, placing new types of demands upon employers and businesses across the country (and the world).

One of the most important elements in successful home working models is continuous, secure access to files and data. We can’t work without the tools we need and the information readily available to us.

So how do you ensure employees have all this accessible to them, wherever they may be working?

We are now in an era of changing work dynamics, including ‘work from anywhere’ policies for companies, as well as an increased sophistication and frequency of malicious cyberactivity.

Malware and the sophistication of attacks have evolved rapidly in only a few years, and the growing remote and hybrid work environment has significantly increased the risk of potential attacks on business.

This means you need to ensure secure, but flexible, remote working practices. The right systems and technology will enable you to do this:

·       Remote monitoring

·       Cloud antivirus

·       Email security

·       File and link sharing, and content synchronisation

·       Controlled access with custom permissions

·       Compliant file sync and sharing with encryption

·       Policy controls for applications and data

·       And the list goes on…

The workplace may be changing, and change is good, change is necessary, but change can open up risks if not managed properly. Don’t be complacent about remote working and data sharing, it is too easy for security breaches to occur and negatively impact your business.

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Topics: Remote working, working from home, collaboration, file sharing, data security, real-time monitoring, IT security, data protection, cyber threats, data storage, data backup