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A remote workforce means new cybersecurity challenges. Whether you're deploying your organization's computers or adapting to BYOD, there's a lot to do... and threats are evolving even as your organization does. Use VSC features – policies, self-assessments, training, security reminders, and extra guidance – to make your work-from-home efforts a little bit easier. Lowkey Software's team has added extra content to help.
You can use Virtual Security Center (VSC) to help you with the compliance side of work-from-home. Lowkey Software’s sister company Loptr has shared cybersecurity guidance for remote workers and VSC includes that guidance and more built-in resources to support your work-from-home team including:
Include a worker’s home office in your risk analysis with the “home office” container. Add the workspace under the Places tab and assign an assessment (aligned with Loptr’s home office security checklist) to the employee. Like any VSC assessment, responses feed directly into your risk analysis and compliance reporting and you can request changes using a remediation plan in VSC, too.
Share information with VSC users when they login using the “message of the day” feature. If you have the information security officer role, make sure that “Message Of The Day” is enabled from Configuration > Features. From your home page, click on the edit icon in the panel above My Security Tasks and add your message. Here’s an example:
Beware COVID-19 Phishes!
If there’s one thing you can always count on, it’s that hackers will try to capitalize on current events. The latest example of this is an increase in phishing emails related to COVID-19. These bogus emails pretend to be from healthcare organizations, human resources departments, and even the CDC and WHO. The emails may claim that they have “critical information” regarding the virus and will try to get you to click on a link or attachment. If you do, the bad guy may steal your password or install malware on your computer. Here are some tips to protect yourself:
- Always check the sender of emails you receive. Do you know the person? Is it really coming from an internal address? Have you signed up for this mailing list?
- Think twice before you click on links or attachments. Is the link suspicious? Where does it go? Did you expect an attachment?
- Don’t enter your password after clicking a link. If a website wants password, check that it’s legit. Don't enter your password again if you're already logged in.