SINGAPORE — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep across the globe, companies are sending their employees home – en masse – to work.
Employers can do their part in ensuring that their employees are set up with the appropriate tools such as password managers and multi-factor authentication, said Zander, who is based in San Francisco. Employees can also help by practising basic cyber hygiene principles and being extra cautious with suspicious emails, texts and social media links. Stay at home. If you can, work from home – not from a coffee shop – to reduce the chances of espionage.
Don’t share your online meeting IDs or meeting URLs on social media. Online meetings are increasingly productive tools that allow people to work from anywhere, not just the office. But they come with a caveat: Sharing the meeting ID or URL can allow people to drop in and listen to sensitive conversations, record your voice or video, and infiltrate your new virtual workplace. Some meeting tools allow you to limit meetings to only people in your organisation or add a password, but not all do.
Don’t use your personal laptop or desktop. Don’t fall prey to the habit of using your personal machine for work. It’s inherently less secure than your work machine. Also, if you install extra tools for work to your home laptop, who knows what access you’re giving to your company. It’s safer to keep them separate.