Covid-19 and Working Online

The National Cyber Security Centre have provided Moving Online guidance for organisations who will move to working online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes a set of questions which you can ask yourself, and your IT service providers about the security of the systems you rely on. There is also a useful infographic (visual representation).

The National Cyber Security Centre have also produced advice and guidance to help individuals and businesses to stay safe online.

For businesses:

• Video Conferencing Services: Security Guidance for Organisations will help you choose, configure and deploy a variety of different solutions (please also see the guidance about using Microsoft Teams). If you are using (or setting up) video conferencing services within your organisation (or using these services to work from home), please follow your own company policy.
• Home Working: Preparing Your Organisation and Staff outlines how your organisation can support an increase in home working and gives advice on spotting coronavirus scam emails and working online. There is also a related Infographic for organisations looking to support their staff whilst home working (please also see the guidance, Be Careful With Your Email).

For individuals

• Video Conferencing Services: Using Them Securely summarises how to set up and safely and securely use video conferencing services, such as Zoom and Skype.  There is also a related infographic summarising the steps that individuals should take for secure video conferencing.
• Cyber Aware has the UK government’s advice on how to stay secure online during coronavirus.

For both organisations and individuals, Take Five also provides useful COVID-19 Fraud and Scams cyber advice.