By Priyanka Roy The COVID-19 pandemic has not only had a profound impact on everyone across the globe; it has also fundamentally changed the way organizations function. We are nearing one and a half years since remote work became the norm and organizations had to adapt to this new mode of working almost overnight. This […]
Organizations Working From Home Opens Wider Target for Cybercriminals
With so many people working from home, more attackers are adapting their strategies to focus on employees as a way to bypass organizations’ defenses, FCW reports. During a webcast hosted by Venable, several Federal and industry experts discussed the challenges associated with remote work, particularly in organizations that previously required physical modes of identification. Sean […]
Security Awareness is the Biggest Security Challenge for Remote Workforces
As the dust from enabling employees to work remotely has settles, new data from security vendor PulseSecure highlights where remote security has been – and still is – a challenge. COVID-19 has turned organizations upside-down, shifting priorities, budgets, and staffing – all in an effort to remain operational. But when making drastic changes to the […]
Optrics Insider – Remote Patching, COVID-19 Spam Email & CMR vs SMR NAS Hard Drives
Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss work from home PCs and patches, the notable increase in COVID-19 related spam emails as well as CMR (conventional magnetic recording) vs. SMR (shingled magnetic recording) hard drives and what you need to consider when using either for network attached storage (NAS) devices. […]
Optrics Insider – Top 3 Work from Home IT Security Issues
Prefer to read? Here is a downloadable copy of the discussion in book form: We wanted to bring in and talk to Shaun Sturby, our Technical Services Manager, who is the one on the street who is talking to our clients and keeping an eye on how things are going out there in […]
Five worthy reads: Implementing a successful remote work environment
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we delve into how organizations are increasingly adopting a remote work model, and how they can equip themselves to build a synchronized virtual workspace. In the wake of COVID-19 and the subsequent mandates to […]
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[Video Review] Sitting Ducks: When Employees Work from Home
Hi this is Scott Young from Optrics Engineering and we understand that things are kind of rough out there with the current pandemic. We wanted to start shooting some videos and things that we’re seeing on the networking side that might be of help to those of you out there who are managing their […]
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[Video Review] Remote work: Being productive in a pandemic
My name is Scott Young from Optrics Engineering and I wanted to give you another tip for all of our clients, friends and colleagues who are IT managers and IT administrators. This one we recently posted here on our blog and it’s actually an article from one of our partners called ManageEngine and it’s […]
Remote work: Being productive in a pandemic
With coronavirus (COVID-19) wreaking havoc across the globe, its disastrous effects are felt in the IT world, too. The lack of a complete work environment, as well as communication issues in development and production, will likely cause a total slowdown in every industry’s growth. Remote work is now mandatory in almost every enterprise. According to […]
Sitting Ducks: When Employees Work from Home
As the COVID-19 health crisis rages on and millions of workers and students move to working from home (WFH) and online distance education, no one should make the error of thinking that working and learning from the comfortable and familiar surroundings of home somehow makes these employees and students safe. They are not safe. If […]