Remote workforces have become increasingly mainstream over the past few years due to several benefits, and more recently, out of necessity. In the U.S., the remote workforce increased 159 percent from 2005 to 2017, according to Flexjobs. As of February 2020, 4.7 million Americans (3.4 percent) worked remotely as the norm, and more than half of employees globally worked outside of headquarters at least 2.5 days a week, according to International Workplace Group (IWG).
Once your business and employees experience remote work, you may never want to go back, as it can offer unexpected advantages. For example, 77 percent of companies globally find that flexible work helps attract top talent, IWG found, and early adopters claim remote work made their businesses more productive (85 percent) and helped them lower capital and operating expenditures, manage risk and consolidate their portfolio (65 percent).
Still, remote work creates hurdles. The IWG study noted that companies with remote employees experienced challenges with technology requirements (37 percent) and data security (45 percent). If you find yourself suddenly ramping up to remote work, you may struggle to provide access to the networks, data, applications and workloads your team needs to perform their jobs while also defending a rapidly expanding attack surface.
The goal for your security team is to enable a seamless shift in work environments for employees and to ensure secure operations for your business no matter where users are located.
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