As companies begin to balance the desire for onsite employees with a workforce that has become accustomed to a work from home scenario during the pandemic, certain considerations need to be taken into account, from office space to flexible schedules. One thing that may get lost in the shuffle, however, is a revision of the business continuity plan. In an article in Continuity Central, N4Engage projects leader Scott Miller writes about the need for organizations to think about the measures put into place during lockdowns and how to translate them to a long term solution.
Distributed models of working introduce major security and compliance challenges. With employees now operating outside the enterprise network perimeter, IT teams no longer have visibility of what users, and their devices, are doing. Miller recommends a full IT audit reviewing access points, password policies and user access to avoid breaches. “Alongside achieving a 360-degree view of users and the systems they are operating, organizations should also implement network controls and undertake security monitoring of all end point devices,” writes Miller. “Regardless of whether an organization supports a BYOD policy or is utilising a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), knowing where data is (without infringing on user privacy) and ensuring it can be remotely wiped and that conditional access policies are in place will be important.”
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