Seven Deadly Sins of Home Office Security
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According to the human resources association World at Work, 17.2 million Americans worked from home or remotely at least one day per month for their employer last year (See also: 4 Telecommuting Security Mistakes). And the 2007 book ‘Microtrends’ estimates that 4.2 million Americans work full-time from home.
Good security is a key to good productivity. CSO spoke with two home office security experts about security mistakes home office workers often make and here’s the seven deadly sins of home office security.
- Failing to physically secure the office
- Failing to install the most basic computer security measures
- Forgetting Wi-Fi security
- Failing to separate your business from your home
- Failing to remember your office is a place of business and is held liable as such
- Forgetting to back up data
- Failing to consider bigger business continuity issues
If you work exclusively from home, your office is your world when it comes to your career. But many fail to consider the possibility of how to continue working if certain conditions, such as weather, or a fire, force one out of the house indefinitely.
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