Safe At Home

Working remotely makes cybersecurity more critical than ever

• Use the host controls in Share Screen settings and then Advanced Sharing Options to keep control of the screen. Under “Who can share?” choose “Only Host.”

• Allow only signed-in users to join and lock the meeting after it starts. Turn off file transfer and annotation to keep out unsolicited content.

• Try the Waiting Room to keep guests from joining until the meeting is ready to start.

MIND THE GAPS

Critical and costly problems with video conferencing platforms have captured the headlines, and drawn the attention of state attorneys general and even the FBI. In a statement, the Bureau warned, “As individuals continue the transition to online lessons and meetings, the FBI recommends exercising due diligence and caution in your cybersecurity efforts.”

That’s sound advice coming from the experts, and not only for video conferences but for all manner of online remote work, especially wide-open home office portals tapping sensitive corporate IT systems. In fact, the upsurge in employees working from home – lacking the more sophisticated cyber countermeasures in place back at the office – has made enterprises large and small more susceptible to attack.

The good news is, technology solutions are available that can control the risks. However even though there are a variety of cost-effective digital tools and security systems on the market, the key to effectively countering these threats, according to many cybersecurity experts, is adopting the right mindset to safeguard our remote working environment against attacks, whether we’re working from home or out on the road.