Secure remote access to company systems and networks is now a way of life for most organizations. As corporate conglomerates, small businesses and brick-and-mortar shops fade away in favor of a distributed offsite workforce, companies and employees can profit from the greater convenience and efficiency provided by remote access. Combined with a bring your own device policy, remote access can lower equipment costs, reduce office overhead and facilitate employee productivity.

This policy, written by Scott Matteson for TechRepublic Premium, describes an organization’s guidelines and processes for requesting, obtaining, using and terminating remote access to organization networks, systems and data. It applies to scenarios where employees connect remotely to in-house data centers as well as offsite facilities, such as cloud providers.

Featured text from the policy:

DETERMINING ELIGIBLE USERS

Only users with a demonstrable business need to connect to company resources shall be provided with remote access capabilities. This will obviously apply to offsite workers by default, but onsite workers should be screened accordingly. Users with access to credit card data, for instance, may be ineligible for remote access capability if this would pose a security or financial risk. Users whose job responsibilities involve hands-on or face-to-face interaction may also be restricted from remote access privileges.

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