Secure Your Employees’ Identity in 3 Easy Steps

It is vital for the well-being of your organization that you help your employees keep their data secure when they are accessing office network. A secure network in your office will not help protect your employees’ personal details, but more importantly, it will keep your own data safe and secure. Keeping your network free of spywares, trojans, malwares, browser hacks, etc., is in your own best interest. In this article, I am going to show you how you can do that in 3 easy steps.

Step 1: Secure the network gateway

Disallowing malicious programs from encroaching in your network is the first thing you need to do. Install a network firewall, and a network-level antivirus and internet security suite that should stop access to any hacked or malicious website, and scan every incoming data packet thoroughly. Install an e-mail security solution as well because many viruses, trojans, spywares, malwares, and hacking codes penetrate the network through e-mails as well. Disallow any attachment download without being scanned.

Step 2: Secure endpoint computers

Malicious programs can enter not only from outside, but it can from within the network. Employees plug in USB sticks, CDs, DVDs, and their laptops, or PDAs to the system that pose potential threat for the network. Keep your security network up-to-date to catch any infiltration from inside. And disallow use of any portable device or and another media using USB sticks in the network without prior permission of IT department. Instruct IT department to scan thoroughly all the portable media and devices before allowing access.

Step 3: Secure Access

Disable local administrator privilege on every non-essential system. Administrative privilege should only be given to those who require it. Also use network access control to control the unauthorized use of network within your organization. Secure the system files, and disable access to critical operating system files as well as network files. Employees should be given access to files or file types they have to work upon. No one outside your IT department needs to access critical system files.

Put each one of the steps suggested above in the use and your employees’ personal as well as your organization’s data will remain safe forever.