Many a 21st Century IT manager is breathing a sigh of relief with the introduction of mobile workforce solutions. Since such a large percentage of workers operate from remote locations, maintaining employee compliance with company security measures from afar has created major headaches for IT departments everywhere. Mobile workforce solutions provide the perfect solution for managing a remote 21st Century employee base.
Mobile workforce solutions use cloud based technology to permit IT managers to restart firewalls and anti spy software and download the latest security patches and anti virus software to user endpoints around the globe. (The term "user endpoints" refers to employee issued laptops and handhelds.) LAN based technology cannot manage a remote workforce. It serves its purpose if your employees are based in one physical location but has no application to a workforce that operates from the road more often than not. Cloud based mobile workforce solutions make todays global economy go round.
Unfortunately for company security, IT managers cannot always see what their remote workforce is doing at network endpoints. Theres no way of knowing whether employees are downloading applications to their laptops or connecting into unsecured wireless networks at public hotspots like airports or coffee shops. That could pose all sorts of network security risks. With a simple web based dashboard, mobile workforce solutions offer visibility services that give IT managers the ability to monitor endpoint activity. Visibility services also alert IT managers to endpoints that are missing critical anti virus patches.
What about protection from the aftermath of unexpected events like natural disasters, pandemics or terrorist attacks? Continuity of business can be maintained with a mobile workforce solutions "In Case of Emergency (ICE)" services platform that keeps workers connected to the company network during challenging times.
Continuing in this same vein, mobile workforce solutions also provide zero day threat protection against fast moving attacks from vicious malware. Zero day threat protection services continuously scan network files, processes and applications for suspicious activity and quarantines and isolates malicious software as soon as it is detected. This could provide valuable additional network security during those times when ICE services are called upon to protect network integrity.
From an employees point of view, mobile workforce solutions are a life saver for the times when a family member is sick and needs supervision at home. There are no worries about falling behind when an employee needs a few days to take care of things at home. Mobile workforce solutions make possible the work life balance that is so important to todays workers.