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Last updated on Feb 19, 2025
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Your company's sensitive data is at risk with remote work. How can you ensure it stays secure?

With the shift to remote work, protecting sensitive data becomes paramount. Focus on these strategies to keep your company's data safe:

- Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all accounts to add an extra layer of protection.

- Ensure secure connections by using virtual private networks (VPNs) and conducting regular security audits.

- Provide comprehensive training on cybersecurity best practices for all employees.

How do you safeguard sensitive information in your remote work setup? Share your strategies.

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Last updated on Feb 19, 2025
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Your company's sensitive data is at risk with remote work. How can you ensure it stays secure?

With the shift to remote work, protecting sensitive data becomes paramount. Focus on these strategies to keep your company's data safe:

- Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all accounts to add an extra layer of protection.

- Ensure secure connections by using virtual private networks (VPNs) and conducting regular security audits.

- Provide comprehensive training on cybersecurity best practices for all employees.

How do you safeguard sensitive information in your remote work setup? Share your strategies.

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    Tom Le

    Unconventional Security Thinking | Follow me. It’s cheaper than therapy and twice as amusing.

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    1/ Adopt CrowdStrike XDR + Identity Threat Protection. 2/ Manage endpoint protection with Falcon Complete MDR. 3/ Live long and prosper.

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    Andrew Faughnan

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    VPNs and MFA are essential, but alone they’re not enough. Strengthen security with a Zero Trust model, ensuring continuous verification. Use endpoint security with advanced threat detection and enforce data encryption for storage and transmission. Apply least privilege access controls, conduct regular security training, and deploy data loss prevention tools. Implement network segmentation, DNS security, and IDS/IPS to prevent lateral movement and detect threats. Regular audits and monitoring help maintain security and compliance.

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    Rajendra More

    Driving Technology Innovation and Service Excellence as Senior VP at Hitachi Systems India

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    With introduction of remote working, employee work/life balance and productivity increases, however at the same time it introduces potential threat to Data. To safeguard Data in such environment we must deploy MFA and VPN to secure access and authentication. Implementing Virtual Desktop Environment (VDI) can be advantageous. It will not allow Data to travel over wire and will avoid chances of eavesdropping. Data will be secure in central place and upgrading applications as well as OS also will be easier. Everyone in the organization will be on same operating environment.

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    Nuno Melo

    sysAdmin | DevOps Engineer | Software Engineer | CyberSecurity Enthusiast

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    Beyond MFA and VPNs, securing remote work data demands a Zero Trust mindset: least privilege access, continuous monitoring, and network segmentation. I would implement strict access policies, real-time threat detection, and frequent phishing simulations to reinforce security awareness.

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    John Sanvictores

    Pre-Sales Manager at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

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    Adapt to Zero Trust Network Access to every ensure secured access from perimeter down to the endpoint up to IoT’s and deploy all needed security infrastructure

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    Guilherme Iglésias

    COO na Ayko Technology | Membro do Conselho | Linkedin Top Voice

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    Remote work requires special attention when it comes to remote access. Planning a robust architecture is essential, and it should at least consider some key aspects: MFA for access, microsegmentation of remote access, ensuring that each user has access only to what they need. A Zero Trust architecture is also a good strategy, as it reinforces the use of corporate computers and enables security posture validation. Another important point to consider is cloud services such as OneDrive, SharePoint, and other storage solutions. These services are generally available from anywhere in the world at any time, making it necessary to implement a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) structure that enforces controls and conditional access.

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    Taher Shokry

    IP Solution Architect at Nokia | SRA #1752 | CCSI #34104

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    To secure sensitive company data in a remote work: implement robust security controls—including preventive, detective, and corrective measures—and enforce strong identity and access management protocols. Utilize end-to-end encryption to protect data in transit and at rest, and conduct regular security training to keep employees informed about best practices. perform thorough employee vetting to prevent insider threats, and monitor and control data sharing using secure collaboration tools.

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    Dat Ho

    Cyber Security Consultant | Intermediate IT Service Desk Technician | Certified Dell & Lenovo Technician

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    Working remotely has taught me the importance of a robust security approach: I use a dedicated work laptop with full-disk encryption to keep company data completely separate My password manager and MFA combination provides multi-layered protection for all accounts I maintain a separate work network isolated from my household devices for added security Privacy screens on my monitors prevent visual data exposure when working in public Regular encrypted backups ensure I never lose critical information regardless of circumstances

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    Ananda Mule

    Cloud Security Engineer 💻 | Zscaler | ZIA | ZPA | Paloalto | F5 - BigIP | Cyber Security Enthusiastic

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    1. By implementing zero trust technology giving access to application based on roles. 2. leveraging DLP(Data Loss prevention) policies to prevent uploading sensitive data over third party sites. 3. implementing MFA authentication mechanism to access the data. 4. Ensure secure network connection by deploying new age zero trust security endpoints in system.

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