Security Awareness – Top Q’s & A’s About Remote Working

While staff may more or less be adjusting to their new remote work environment, statistics indicate they are still being inundated with phishing and other suspicious cyber attack attempts. Given heightened environmental distractions and other challenges with working remotely, it is important during this time that we keep security awareness and cyber hygiene reminders forefront in our users minds. Mail security firm MailGuard answers six important questions about working remotely and cybersecurity. In this post, learn why it is a terrible idea to save company files on portable storage devices, why it is not good to use personal devices for work, how to secure Wi-Fi and internet connections, the best way to create and store secure passwords, how to set up MFA (multifactor authentication), and how to tell if an email or attachment is malicious. While system operators and administrators are securing the infrastructure supporting the remote workforce, it is imperative to help the remote workforce secure themselves. Read the post at MailGuard