How Job-Juggling Remote Workers Can Threaten Your Company

Although some businesses now require employees to work full-time in the office, many others allow employees to work remotely one or more days a week. The popularity of remote positions can make attracting and retaining employees easier. However, some workers may be tempted to take on multiple remote jobs without informing their employers. In addition to affecting employee productivity, this can lead to leaks of intellectual property (IP) and proprietary knowledge to competitors. Or employees may use what they’ve learned working for you to run side businesses that directly compete with yours. Here’s how to minimize such risks. Provide solid oversight The same technology that makes it easy for companies to offer remote positions can also enable workers to juggle multiple jobs simultaneously. Some employees may feel they...

Protecting Remote Workers from Cyberattacks

Many businesses were unprepared when the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic required them to close their physical offices and shift to remote operations. Your company, for example, may have had to scramble to set up a virtual private network (VPN) or move files to the cloud. And while adapting to working from home, employees may have let your usual security procedures slide.  From a cybercrime perspective, working from home generally isn’t as safe as working in the office. So you need to look for ways for protecting remote workers from cyberattacks, and prevent criminals from gaining access to your digital assets. Here are five ideas: Invest in education. Require remote employees to participate in security-related training that covers “old-school” phishing scams as well as new COVID-19 variations. As...