8 tips to tighten up your work‑from‑home network

2020-10-08 16:59

Criminals who figure out how to commandeer a vulnerable device inside your network can use that device to map out, scan and attack your laptop - the one you're using right now to work from home - as if they were right there beside you.

These give crooks a way to create secret, encrypted network "Tunnels" into and out of your network using software that's already there.

We've come up with eight questions you can ask yourself about devices on your home network, and about the setup of your network, that will help you run a tighter WFH ship.

This is useful if you are working from home because it means you can put your home IoT devices on a "Guest" network and your work computers such as laptops on another.

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