Keeping Your Network Safe in the 21st Century
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by: fiberman
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Mobile workforce solutions help company IT managers maintain virtual network security and compliance by keeping them connected to their remote workers and the laptops and handheld devices they take with them out into the field. A higher percentage of the worlds workforce is no longer office bound, so companies need to adapt to 21st Century business practices in order to remain competitive and safe from attack.
Mobile workforce solutions give companies the power to download anti virus security updates to remote endpoints and restart firewalls and anti spyware software from afar when the system detects a shutdown or an attack. Mobile workforce solutions also keep endpoints that are not in compliance with security protocols from logging into the network entirely, so as to prevent infection from outside sources. Cloud based technology makes all this possible, as having a mobile workforce requires an IT paradigm shift away from LAN based infrastructures.
Its difficult to know what remote workers are doing with their laptops and handhelds while out in the field. Are unknown viruses entering the system when workers download unknown applications, or are those same workers using unsecured WiFi sources to access their network data? Mobile workforce solutions platforms include visibility services that enable IT departments to monitor their endpoints with the help of a web based dashboard. The virtual world contains too many threats to ignore, and government regulations require companies to protect against those threats.
In order to protect against those threats, a mobile workforce solutions mobility platform uses endpoint security applications such as security patches, personal firewalls, anti virus and anti spyware software, intrusion and zero day threat protection. Stored data is protected from attack and destruction with the help of data encryption and automated data backup systems. Zero day threat protection guards against malware attacks by continuously scanning the system for and quarantining against unusual and suspicious behavior. Protection at this level can prevent the most complex of attacks.
Mobile workforce solutions contain another network protection essential to the 21st Century business world: In Case of Emergency (ICE) services that will keep a business running smoothly in the fact of terrorist attacks, pandemics and localized natural disasters. With workers scattered all over the world, chances are that sometime something will happen to confine those workers in a secure location until the danger has passed. IT administrators will be able to monitor and maintain control over remote network security, and affected workers retain protected access to all their network data and applications while confined to homes or remote locations following a disaster.
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