6 PILLARS OF REMOTE ACCESS SECURITY

The relevance of working remotely instead of being at the workplace has never been greater than now. As you may know, several companies around the world have operated during the pandemic with employees performing their jobs from home. While this is a convenient mode of working, the number of cybersecurity threats has also risen in recent years. One problem of remote work operations is that an organization’s cybersecurity frameworks are not available when employees are working from home.

- Sonit Jain, CEO, GajShield Infotech

This can especially be a major problem while managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the organization’s data network. Therefore, it becomes essential for cybersecurity experts to emerge with intelligent solutions to resolve problems related to remote access management.

Among other points, the six most important aspects of remote access security are:

Using contextually-aware access security systems

Remote context-based data security is an upgrade over standard Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) systems. A practical example of a contextually aware access system is a student taking an examination. The right candidate needs to reach the examination centre at a specified time while possessing the hall ticket to take the test. Similarly, a context-based system requires the right users to input the correct login credentials at a designated time for an appropriate reason and at an exact location (if the location is applicable) before it permits them the access into a company network.

Context-aware extensions to ensure remote access safety can help an organization to maintain steady levels of Identity and Access Management (IAM) for employees and users in distant locations. The application of this technology can be remotely achieved with the help of virtual firewalls and cloud-data security systems.

Deploying intelligent firewalls to regulate user access