HowdoIkeepmyteam’s distributedIT patchedand secure?

An increase in homeworking, and an expectation among many staff that this will continue to some degree in the coming months, leaves businesses with a quandary: how do they ensure devices are fully patched and properly licensed when working remotely?

Relying on staff to manage their own devices isn’t prudent when those same devices will be used to access business data. Even the least sensitive inbox, database or shared documents may contain personally identifiable information that, if compromised, could leave the organisation liable to prosecution for non-compliance with GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018. While being able to prove that all devices were fully patched and secured is unlikely to be sufficient to avoid any fine at all, it might help when arguing that the business took security seriously and doesn’t deserve the maximum penalty.

Here, we’ll look at options for managing Windows, Android and iOS remotely via the cloud.

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