Best Practices Guide for Teleworkers

The NSA has released a guide to help teleworkers protect their home networks from malicious cyber actors, a potentially useful resource for organizations with employees working remotely.

The guide is divided into sections with recommendations for securing devices and conducting activities online. The first, for example, discusses measures like recommendations for securing routing devices, implementing wireless network segmentation, and ensuring confidentiality during telework. The second addresses following email best practices, upgrading to a modern browser and keeping it up-to-date, exercising caution when accessing public hotspots, and more. The guide concludes with links to additional guidance from the NSA as well as NIST standards. “In the age of telework, your home network can be used as an access point for nation-state actors and cybercriminals to steal sensitive information,” said Neal Ziring, NSA Cybersecurity Technical Director. “We can minimize this risk by securing our devices and networks, and through safe online behavior.” Access the guide below and at NSA.