EXPERT
OPINION
New employees: Some companies have
recruited new employees during the
COVID-19 outbreak and have onboarded
them remotely. Moving into the office will
be a new experience for these new hires
and they may need an early refresher
on training that was not applicable while
they were working from home.
Do ensure new hires are up to speed on
additional company security policies that
are pertinent to working in the office.
Maintain readiness for WFH: At some
point in the future, it could be necessary
to transition to work from home again,
and there’s always the real possibility
in the near-to-mid-term future that
individual employees could contract the
virus and need to self-isolate again.
Therefore, it is prudent to use the
lessons learned from the mass
transition to work from home in early
2020 and be better prepared to do
it again, whether on a small scale or
throughout the company. This includes
having an up-to-date inventory of all
IT equipment, having all company
laptops installed with a modern EDR
and ensuring that employees have
access to company assets via VPN
protected by 2FA.
Do formalise the lessons learned from
this unprecedented crisis so that they can
be used to help your business manage
future crises with less pain. u
Do make sure
that all software
is patched on all
devices returning
to the office as
soon as practically
possible.
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