{"id":11786,"date":"2025-06-24T19:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colemandev.directivesites.com\/how-to-safely-use-wireless-internet-to-work-from-home\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T09:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T09:27:52","slug":"how-to-safely-use-wireless-internet-to-work-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colemantechnologies.directivesites.com\/?p=11786","title":{"rendered":"How to Safely Use Wireless Internet to Work from Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eb-entry-article clearfix\" data-blog-content=\"\">\n<p>To help, we\u2019ll be going over a few best practices that you and your team can implement to improve the security of your remote work when using a wireless connection.<\/p>\n<h2>Password Best Practices are a Must<\/h2>\n<p>Whether at home or in the office, everyone who works within your business needs to subscribe to good password standards. For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t rely on easy-to-guess passwords, passwords that rely on predictable patterns, or other passwords that might be found on \u201cinsecure password\u201d summaries.<\/li>\n<li>Use a passphrase, or a combination of unrelated, randomly chosen words, instead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/colemandev.directivesites.com\/hey-you-update-your-google-password-right-now\/\">password<\/a>. Not only are these more secure, they are often easy to remember.<\/li>\n<li>Update your passwords regularly, including your network access password. Don\u2019t give out the password to your network if you can help it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Optimize and Update<\/h2>\n<p>While many are in the habit of postponing updates until the performance of their tools begins to suffer, remote access requires the use of secure and effective solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each employee needs to have a sufficiently secure suite of solutions to protect the devices they are using, as well as their network as a whole. This should include a firewall, antivirus, and a virtual private network (VPN) connection.<\/li>\n<li>Each employee should also take additional steps to protect their solutions, such as adjusting and updating their networking hardware and changing the SSID it is known by.<\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, all devices themselves should have the latest security updates and patches installed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Making sure that your entire team is aware of these guidelines&#8211;and abides by them&#8211;is crucial to your security, regardless of whether they are operating in-house or remotely. For more assistance with your business\u2019 technology and the security that protects it, reach out to Coleman Technologies by calling (604) 513-9428.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help, we\u2019ll be going over a few best practices that you and your team can implement to improve the security of your remote work when using a wireless connection. 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