Tech Tip: Working From Home? Don’t! Until You Read This …


If you plan on catching up on some work from home AND you’re using a personal device such as a smartphone or a personal laptop … DON’T! Unless your personal device is covered under a cybersecurity plan, you could accidentally introduce a virus into your company’s network.

Only devices that are under an expert provider’s vigilant watch of patching, updating and monitoring should be used for working remotely. Side note: Computerware can set up a way for you to work from home securely.

Alan Edwards, CISM, is chief information officer at Computerware, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia.

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