Let’s say you need to send an urgent email to a client while you’re at the store. Or, you’re traveling and need to take a Zoom call at your hotel. Maybe you need to access sensitive client data or employee information while on public Wi-Fi. You wonder how you should connect to the internet to do your task. The easiest and simplest thing to do is just pull out your phone and get the job done. But what about Wi-Fi security concerns?
We’ve all heard the warnings that we should never use public Wi-Fi for business. So many things have changed since the pandemic. It’s important to revisit the old rules to see if they apply in our post-COVID-19 world. And Wi-Fi security is a prime example. So I decided to delve into the question to see whether there are safer ways to access an unsecured network. Should some things never be accessed over public wireless?
Remote Working Is Different Today
It used to be much easier to connect over secure wireless. After all, the boundaries between work and home were much clearer. At the time, we thought the boundaries were fuzzy. Then, the pandemic happened. The boundaries completely disappeared. Expectations for always being on reached new levels we didn’t think were possible.
Employees began using their flexibility for working wherever. For some, that meant working for months at a rental home somewhere across the country. For others, it meant taking advantage of the flexibility to go to the store during lunch. Most of us now find ourselves in more situations where we need to handle a work task outside the reaches of our secure internet.
It’s unreal ..
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