10 enterprise secure remote access best practices

Remote access is a critical necessity in today's work-from-anywhere environment. It's also incredibly risky. But there are ways to protect assets and combat potential attacks.

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• Karen Kent, Trusted Cyber Annex

In the age of hybrid and remote work, remote access is a powerful enabler for organizations, allowing employees, contractors, business partners, vendors and other trusted parties to access company resources. Yet, remote access increases cybersecurity risk. It inadvertently provides relatively easy-to-compromise entry points into internal networks and systems -- entry points that attackers know to seek out and exploit.

The following are 10 critical secure remote access best practices, how to implement them and how they improve an organization's cybersecurity posture and reduce risk.