Now that a large proportion of the workforce is working remotely, security leaders should take the following protective measures: 1) ensure employees are trained on basic information security, 2) ensure employees understand their responsibilities, 3) enable multi-factor authentication for all information systems, and 4) set up comprehensive auditing and surveillance for all user sessions.
When the operating model of the whole company changes to working remotely, leadership must demonstrate situational awareness, realise their attack surface will increase drastically for security incidents due to remote work, plan all operations meticulously, and prepare an around-the-clock incident response strategy.
To give remote employees the access they need to exclusive information within the corporate network, organisations must provide secure remote access. For example, the chief financial officer might want to access financial data that is not available in cloud storage, legal counsel team members might want to review some confidential agreements, or a server administrator may need access to a server to fix an urgent problem.
This is where remote privileged session management tools help. These tools offer secure channels through which employees can access information and perform operations remotely. The tools only provide access to users with the right permissions, ensure remote sessions last only for the required time, and record all actions users carry out in every session. ManageEngine offers secure remote access tools; with these in place, businesses can offer remote access to employees with confidence.