Securing access anywhere, anytime. This simple idea, which we have been passionate about since the founding of Fishtech Group, has taken on new urgency amid the coronavirus pandemic.With the recent worldwide shift of a large portion of the global workforce to social distancing by way of working from home, issues and challenges around remote access, business continuity, and even disaster recovery have become a priority.Solutions around securing remote access like multi-factor authentication, VDI, and even VPN solutions only solve part of the problem. Thinking holistically on the remote access challenge is key. Organizations should start by asking themselves the following:Are users still using corporate-owned devices from their home or are they now using their own personal remote devices? Are we able to enforce patch management and push our DLP strategies to the remote devices? Are we still able to enforce authorization after authentication to the user? Have we validated the network segmentation strategy including cloud access from the remote access address pool? Are there concerns with latency issues for the remote workers and the data they are working on or accessing? These are just a sample of the basic questions to ask as you deploy your remote strategies. Another challenge we are seeing our customers face is regarding 3rd party contractors who may not use corporate-owned devices. In our case, we were able to secure their access previously, because they were probably coming from corporate networks with corporate security standards and images being enforced.
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