How To Create Policies To Enable A Secure Remote Workforce

By Joy Beland, ConnectWise

We’ve all been told that if you’re sick, you should stay home. With flu season in full swing, your clients may be asking about how to enable their employees to work from home, and more importantly, keep their remote workforce secure. Flu season isn’t the only time a remote workforce might be needed. Natural disasters, office building issues, or other unforeseen events that make it impossible to get to a physical location can all be accommodated for with a secure remote workforce.

Technology solution providers (TSPs) are in a unique position to help their clients enable a secure connection that not only ensures business continuity but a secure way of doing so. However, most TSPs aren’t involved in creating or updating HR policies for their clients’ businesses, specifically policies around a secure remote workforce.

As more small businesses embrace a remote workforce and have a preference for sick employees to work from home if needed, it’s a good time for TSPs to get more involved to help set guidelines, expectations, and processes to support their clients’ remote workforce and how to keep them secure.