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Good Thing Technology can’t get the Swine Flu
We have all been hearing the talk about the swine flu (H1N1). Everywhere you read or hear about it is saying the same thing, be vigilant about protecting yourself and those around you. The last thing we want is for ourselves or our employees to be stuck away from the office unable to work. Is your companies technology prepared for this possibility though? 
7 things you can do to prepare your office to work remotely
- Revamp your current Technology Policies
- Enforce more stringent password requirements
- Change your passwords every 30 days
- 8 characters or longer
- use upper case, lower case, and numbers
- Eliminate generic logins and logins without passwords
- the exception is a generic login intended for multiple employees with limited access
- Ensure antivirus and spyware protection subscriptions are current and up to date
- Set up a remote working environment
- consider using a VPN to allow employees remote access to the network, as if they’re in the office!
- if the VPN is not a solution you would like to consider or your office isn’t ready for a VPN, a remote desktop solution would allow users to control their computers that are in the office, from home
- Forward phones to employees home or cellular phones, virtually eliminating blackouts in communications
- Training! This is a difficult one for most companies. You may never need these processes, so how do you allot the time to it? Don’t overlook training
If your company is properly prepared, technology can adapt to almost any situation. Part of this preparation will also include training all employees how these out of the office solutions work, and ensuring that each one is properly set up to work. Don’t let your company be caught without a plan in place.
SI2 is prepared to help with all aspects of preparing your companies technology needs.
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