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title: Enable Remote Work Security with WatchGuard
description: With WatchGuard and VLCM, IT can increase remote worker security to keep your business going.
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# Enable Remote Work Security with WatchGuard

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## Make remote work your new reality - without compromising your business

One of the challenges of enabling a mobile workforce is that the chances of being the subject of cyber attacks can increase significantly. Without the benefit of your core network protections, a user on the go could become infected without your knowledge, and even introduce the infection to your broader environment when they reconnect with your network.

## Challenges of the remote worker

![phishing](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/_icons/phishing-1.png)

##### Phishing

Mobile users are more susceptible than ever to phishing attacks

![ransomware](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/_icons/ransomware-1.png)

##### Ransomware

is becoming more sophisticated and spreads more easily

![credential theft](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/_icons/credentials-1.png)

##### Credential Theft

Compromised Credentials account for 90% of attacks

![happy clickers](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/_icons/happy%20clickers-1.png)

##### Happy-Clickers

Users are the first line of defense and often the least effective

![home office](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/_icons/home%20office-1.png)

##### Home office threats

- Access to company data/assets outside company network
- Home WIFI vulnerabilities
- Higher chance of using other devices (BYOD)
- VPN connection practice may not be consistent

## Strategies to enable secure remote work

![zero trust ebook](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/zero%20trust%20ebook-100.jpg)

##### Adopting the Zero-Trust Approach

Embrace the “never trust, always verify” approach to security that uses multiple levels of protection to prevent threats.

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![automation](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/automation-100.jpg)

##### Keeping Pace with Automation

Automation has been shown to reduce the staff hours teams spend on security management by as much as 80%.

![user focus](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/user-focus-100.jpg)

##### Investing in User-Focused Security

Use Cloud-delivered security so users can work freely from the office, at home, or on-the-go.

- User authentication
- Always-on protection
- Immediate response

## Enabling remote work security with WatchGuard Automation Core

Automation is at the heart of the WatchGuard security platform - speeding up processes, killing threats, and empowering IT teams to do more with less. 

Enable significant advantages to IT teams including: 

- Accelerated detection and response
- Significant savings in staff hours and cost
- Increased visibility and actionable insight

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![remote worker](https://www.vlcm.com/hubfs/_watchguard/shutterstock_1676998312.jpg)

 

## With WatchGuard, you can increase remote worker security to keep your business going

1. Scrutinize your business’s plan to continue operations while employees are out of the office
2.  Revise policies to communicate expectations for remote and mobile workers
3.  Teach employees how to avoid falling victim to cybersecurity attacks while working from home
4.  Implement multi-factor authentication to protect identities and applications
5.  Expand VPN capacity as needed for more remote access demand
6.  Help remote employees enable secure Wi-Fi networks
7.  Apply zero-trust principles across networks and applications

## Want to know where to start? Chat with one of our cybersecurity experts to learn more about remote worker security.

Submit the following form to get in touch with one of our reps within one business day, or give us a call at 1-800-817-1504 to chat now. 

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