Claranet Cyber Security – Quick read checklist for Secure Remote Working
Use a VPN
VPNs protect your online privacy and ensure that your corporate
communications are secure. They prevent attackers from reading
your traffic by encrypting the data.
Keep your systems
patched
This is critical. Patching must be maintained to reduce the risk of
malware exploiting a vulnerability that could have devastating
effects across your organisation.
Always use back-ups
What would happen if you lost your data? The cause can be
varied, from hardware failure to applications crashing or device
theft.
Users of Office 365 or other cloud-based productivity
applications should always create in the cloud. Back up is then
automatically in the cloud and disaster recovery built in.
If you are a OneDrive or GoogleDrive user, save your document
to your local folder to make sure its saved in the cloud too (you
need to be connected to the internet for this to work).
Vigilance for phishing
emails and malicious
websites
Attackers will use phishing emails, texts, voicemails, and any
other method they can to trick you.
It's important that users pay attention to any communications.
Here are some simple tactics:
Check the sender's address
Hover over a link to see a URL If it looks suspicious, it
probably is
If in doubt, navigate to the website manually by using your
own bookmark or typing the address to login, instead of using
the link within the email
DO NOT CLICK on attachments from people you don't trust
A good tip is to use an alternative communication method to talk
with the sender. Search for a phone number, email address, or
online chat outside of the suspicious email
Be a Wi-Fi expert
Most home users haven't changed the password on their Wi-Fi
router and don't know how to update them to the latest firmware.
To address this, enable WPA2/3 as standard and check your
admin passwords and auto-update settings. Choose a long
password over 15 characters, and make a note of it within your
password manager
