Strategies for Enhancing Productivity and Security for Your Remote Workforce

As the internet becomes a larger and larger part of our lives, working from home is easier than ever. Of course, the Coronavirus problem has caused this issue to be a lot more widely regarded. However, we are not here to discuss the Covid-19 problem, as most of you are probably sick of hearing about it by now. Instead, let’s focus on dealing with its consequences and learning to manage this new reality. Here are a few strategies for enhancing the productivity of your remote workers.

1. Create A Universal Security Policy

Because people will use a wide variety of devices to access the internet, it is difficult to make standards that everyone can follow. However, security is one of those instances where you need to have everyone working from the same rulebook. The consequences of a breach can be very high, so you cannot afford to be as flexible here.

Of course, you cannot always be sure that people will follow the rules. That’s where CASB technology comes into play. CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) technology allows you to act as the middleman between the cloud provider and the cloud users. Since work-from-home applications often make use of the cloud, this solves many problems at once.

2. Make Sure The System Is Reliable

While a lot of people prefer to work from home, it can present certain problems. One of these is the lack of proper instructions, which some people find quite problematic. Without a nearby supervisor to ask, some people will invariably be confused as to what is expected of them. If the system experiences a problem, that only makes things worse.

One of the best ways to deal with this problem is to make reliability one of your top priorities. You need to make sure that your employees will never find themselves in a position where they are unable to work. Most people are willing to work with a few limitations, but system downtimes lead to a lot of lost productivity and a lot of frustration. For starters, you should have a dedicated server for your employees, and it would be good to have at least one backup server as well. Of course, a proprietary server is also great from a security standpoint…continue reading.

Originally published at https://pchtechnologies.com on June 15, 2020.