With current global crisis spreading into multiple areas of information technologies, it is crucial to learn how are the security-related areas affected, and what it would mean for the entire IT industry. Remote access to network resources results in both increased load on new and existing tools allowing performing most activity remotely (to grasp the possible scale of impact: read, for example, about recent Zoom service controversies).

It’s no secret that information threats appear in numbers nowadays. It may be time to refresh some typical rules, tested by years of practice worldwide, to make your monitoring setups as up-to-date as possible. None of these rules are cast in iron; they are all flexible enough to adapt to any given environment. What matters is underlying idea; the implementation is what makes them suitable for custom needs.

Current world situation forces many a people to work remotely – e.g., from home. While it is the safest approach to diminish possible risks to health, there are information security risks and challenges appearing in the wake of the trend. Working remotely can be tricky; especially when we talk about a network and/or system administrator work. What’s worse, administrator’s access shouldn’t be interrupted, putting the entire setup at stake.