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Growth in remote working as commuting costs rise
The rising cost of fuel is causing many companies to turn to remote working as a way of helping finance-worried staff, according to a new report.
Increasing costs of commuting are leading to a growth in the number of remote workers, says smeweb.com, which has compiled a list of tips to help businesses make home working successful.
The top advice for helping remote workers is to set up wide area network (WAN) optimisation appliances, which will accelerate business-critical applications and beef up security.
One of the risks of remote working is the increased threat to network security presented by home workers.
The article advises businesses to set up security policies based on who the user is and what privileges they may need, making it possible to provide network monitoring while allowing employees access to useful internet applications.
Earlier this year, the Office for National Statistics published figures which showed that remote workers were twice as likely to visit dodgy websites as their office-based colleagues.
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