H Samsung Electronics Hellas, provides helpful tips to ensure the protection of employees' sensitive personal data and corporate information.
H Samsung Electronics Hellas, in the context of the new series of educational texts "Samsung Security Insights", Provides useful advice to ensure the protection of both sensitive personal data of employees and the invaluable corporate information, which can be compromised without taking appropriate security measures.
Teleworking and use of corporate devices
Since the outbreak of the pandemic and the start of teleworking, users have been seen mixing personal and business accounts on the same devices, a practice that can be disastrous for the safety of both companies and their employees. According to the European Cyber Security Agency, mixing work and leisure activities on the same device is not appropriate unless there is a specific policy for the use of the personal device at work by the respective company.1.
The key to achieving the separation between personal and professional systems and teleworking accounts is the method of isolating the two. For computer users, the proposed solution is to create separate accounts (one professional and one personal) and switch them depending on whether the user is going to do personal or professional work.
For mobile users, this is an easy process as Samsung smartphones and tablets offer the possibility of separation into professional and personal profiles.2. This isolates the different uses on the same device. In particular, users can even organize their applications on different screens.
In addition, the operation can help in this separation of personal and professional profile Samsung Bixby Routines which allows users to set different work and personal settings based on time - for example, the work routine can start automatically at eight in the morning and end at five in the afternoon.
Secure internet connection
During teleworking, the user connects through his home network (home network) to access the internet, mail and corporate systems. Although most home Wi-Fi systems are now quite secure, some older network installations may not be. It is important for users to be aware that connecting their devices to the Internet through insecure networks can allow nearby people to compromise their connection.
Insecure networks are just as dangerous as public "open" networks and the exchange of sensitive corporate data, for example via email, should not occur when the user is connected to insecure networks.
The best method of protecting users from insecure networks is encryption. With the operation Secure WiFi of Samsung, Galaxy users are protected from security breaches. This is achieved by encrypting users' movements on the internet. With this feature, Samsung allows users to browse the internet safely and work remotely from their device, even on public wireless connections3.
The dangers of VPN
In recent months, the IT teams of many companies have started using virtual private network services (VPN) to serve the workforce in remote work.
At the same time, however, massive VPN connections were used as "routes" by intruders who, taking advantage of a corporate connection, launched digital attacks. The most effective way for users to address this issue is through two-factor authentication (2FA), a technology that allows the user to add an extra level of security to their account in the event of a password theft. In this way, it becomes much more difficult for digital intruders to access personal and corporate data.4.
Powerful Protection with Samsung Knox
Teleworking is the ideal opportunity for both businesses and ordinary users to review the security systems they use to protect themselves from digital attacks.
Samsung has a number of security tools to protect corporate devices from malware, eavesdropping, digital threats and attacks. With the defense-type security platform Samsung Knox, users enjoy strong protection. At the hardware level, Galaxy devices have the most powerful security chip in the industry, the built-in one Secure Element (eSE), while at the same time Secure Processor protects against malicious attacks, and the new Knox Vault, add another level of security.
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1 https://www.enisa.europa.eu/tips-for-cybersecurity-when-working-from-home
2 https://insights.samsung.com/2021/01/11/top-5-cybersecurity-threats-for-small-businesses-in-2021/
3 https://www.samsung.com/gr/security/
4 https://insights.samsung.com/2021/01/11/top-5-cybersecurity-threats-for-small-businesses-in-2021/
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