Working from home comes with perks like, no commute
or hanging out with your dog.
But it also comes with challenges.
It's easier for cyber criminals to hack your computer.
Therefore, you need to develop a security mindset.
Find a place and make it your office.
Let your family know that this is your office
and it's not to be shared.
Make sure confidential information is not
lying around and lock your computer
when you are not next to it.
Also, Starbucks is not your home
so please don't use public Wi-Fi for work.
And if you have smart speakers at home
like Alexa, don't talk about work near them just in case
they're listening. Now,
this is very important.
Your colleagues are not sitting next to you anymore
so call them and verify any request
to share confidential data or transfer funds
even if they sent it from their email.
Don't try to resolve technical issues yourself.
That could lead to even greater risk.
Instead, call your Helpdesk.
If you save passwords to your browser, stop immediately!
Use long and complex pass phrases and don't reuse them.
Don't email documents to your home printer
or to your personal email just to make it easy to print.
Lastly, don't use social apps like WhatsApp or Facebook
Messenger to communicate with colleagues.
Only use the tools that were approved
by your organization. In the next video,
we will cover technology that can further
help to reduce risk.