Returning employees to the workplace amid COVID-19 is not as simple as just announcing the reopening or setting a return-to-work date. It will also not be business as usual. Not only will most workplaces be changed initially, but some of these changes may continue for the foreseeable future and long after the perceived finish line … Read more
Since the beginning of the pandemic, many things have changed in the way we run the operations of our businesses, welcome or not. Businesses that are currently open or preparing to re-open and return employees and essential visitors to the workplace must remain mindful of their obligations to implement and enforce the necessary measures to … Read more
Globally, governments are either planning to or have already relaxed some COVID-19 restrictions to enable more businesses to re-open. This also inevitably means more employees are heading back to the office. A CRETech survey estimates that by the end of the first quarter of 2021, 60% of employees of will be back at work. While … Read more
Remote work presents unique information security challenges since remote work environments don’t usually have the same or comparable safeguards to the office. When employees are at the office, they are working behind layers of preventive security controls. While not perfect, it is harder to make a security mistake while at the office. However, when devices … Read more
Whether you consider COVID-19 as a forced shift in the way organizations operate or merely an event that has accelerated a trend that was already underway, it’s clear that remote work will be with us for the foreseeable future. As a result, businesses are rapidly embracing cloud and automation technologies to facilitate increased levels of … Read more
Some 1.5 billion people are estimated to be working remotely. This means that employees are accessing an increasing volume of personal and often sensitive data outside the office to perform their duties while also complying with social distancing measures. With many organizations rushing to implement new remote working strategies, data protection can be overlooked, with … Read more
According to SHRM’s COVID-19 Business Index, almost three-quarters of US employees are currently working from home and globally, 25 to 30% of the workforce are estimated to continue working from home by the end of 2021 and post-COVID-19 according to Global Workplace Analytics. In fact, according to Gallup Research, more than half of the office … Read more
James Ennis founded Ennis Fabrics in 1972 knowing that there was a better way to service customers in the textiles and supplies industry. He knew there was a better way to provide customers with what they needed when they needed it. Today, Ennis Fabrics have over 9,000 products that are distributed throughout North America and … Read more
COVID-19 has accelerated an existing work-from-home trend which will arguably continue in the years to come. This, however, put sensitive company data at risk as many at-home workers to not necessarily understand security best practices related to their data, devices and networks. Hardware failure as the number 1 cause of downtime Considering the role of … Read more
Cloud misconfigurations and stolen or compromised credentials are costing businesses trillions of dollars every year. It is estimated that the lost business cost is “nearly 40% of the average total cost of a data breach, increasing from $1.42 million in 2019 to $1.52 million in 2020”. Furthermore, lost and stolen credentials, along with cloud misconfigurations … Read more
