Remote Work Policy & Cybersecurity Survey

Remote work policies

This section looks at how you've crafted (or plan to craft) your remote work policies to address technical and employee engagement risks. If you have an informal policy that is fairly consistently followed, you may consider yourself to have a policy in place.

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* 1. How long has your remote work policy been in place?

more than 5 years

3-5 years

1-2 years

less than a year

we are drafting the policy now

we don’t plan to offer remote work

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* 2. Under normal circumstances who is allowed to work remotely? (if drafting policy, who do you plan to allow to work remotely?)

Everyone has the option to work remotely

Select groups are able to work remotely

People can only work remotely with special permission

Only IT staff or executives

No one

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* 3. What technology are you primarily using to enable remote work? (if drafting policy, which technology do you plan to use?)

Remote desktop or virtual desktop (access to in-office computer via local device)

Laptop with VPN (work done locally on device but can access in-office files/apps from home via VPN)

Laptop without VPN (work done locally or in cloud app, no access to in-office files/apps from home)

Home Desktop with VPN (work done locally on device but can access in-office files/apps from home via VPN)

Home Desktop without VPN (work done locally or in cloud app, no access to in-office files/apps from home)

We don’t allow remote work

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What device do you allow/prefer people to use when working remotely? (if drafting policy, which devices do you plan to allow?)

Company owned equipment that can be taken home (e.g. laptop, tablet)

Employee owned equipment, certified for security (i.e. devices subject to BYOD policy)

Employee owned equipment, no certification required

We don’t allow remote work

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* 5. Which of the following does your company provide for home/mobile devices used for remote work? (if drafting policy, what do you plan to provide?)

Antivirus

Productivity software (e.g. MS Office)

Line of Business software (e.g. ERP, CRM, etc.)

Wireless router/firewall (device attached to home network)

Mobile router/firewall (operates over mobile phone network)

none of the above

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* 6. Does your policy include requirements for how often supervisors meet with remote staff? (if drafting policy, what do you plan to require?)

Yes, once a month

Yes, once a week

Yes, several times a week

Yes, once a day

No, just as needed

Our policy doesn't address this