Securing Your Home Network While Working Remotely
Your home WiFi wasn't designed with business security in mind. A few changes make a real difference.
With so much business activity suddenly happening over home internet connections, it's worth taking a few minutes to check your home router's basic security. Many home routers are still running factory default admin passwords, which is a much bigger risk now that business data is flowing across that connection.
Log into your router's admin page and change the default password if you haven't already, make sure your WiFi is using WPA2 or WPA3 encryption, and check that your router's firmware is up to date. If your router is more than five years old, it may no longer be receiving security updates at all.
If you're using a work laptop at home, keep it on your regular home network rather than a shared "IoT" network with smart TVs and other devices, and make sure it's running the antivirus and monitoring tools your IT provider normally has in place.
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