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they could be masterminds maliciously wreaking havoc on a system or stealing sensitive corporate
information, but they could also be employees with legitimate access credentials.

Often careless employee practices leave sensitive information exposed and, although it sounds
extreme, in some cases disgruntled employees may steal corporate data in an effort to sabotage
the organization.

Businesses must be aware of all types of hackers in order to implement the most effective solutions
possible. Employee IT security education and promotion is crucial, as well as ensuring that
company software supports roles and right that can be granularly modified by a central
administrator.

Software solutions that can ebb and flow with the size of a company’s staff are an ideal way to
prevent unfavorable situations with former employees.

IT specialists can easily add and remove software licenses as employees join and leave the
company in these software-based environments and also restrict who can access certain silos of
information.

This protects critical data by ensuring that the data remains in the right hands. With this system
companies can make sure that someone in the marketing department doesn’t have access to the
construction plans or the medical information of other employees.

MYTH 3: Achieving 100 percent security is possible

While this notion is ideal, it’s not realistic. According to CSO, the average business would have to
increase its security budget ninefold to address only 95 percent of security threats.

Bombproof security measures might seem like a desirable solution, but they inevitably decrease the
adaptability and ease of the system they are protecting, therefore becoming more cumbersome
than valuable.

Business leaders need to find equilibrium between security and flexibility, thus addressing top
security concerns while allowing for a changing and productive work environment.

While finding the balance between security and flexibility is difficult, it is not impossible. Remote
access solutions can achieve this balance by:

 Ensuring highly secure data transfer with complex encryption methods.
 Meeting a broad range of transmission, saving and access requirements for various data
locations such as an enterprise headquarters, branch office locations, home office locations
and remote locations.
 Enabling seamless applicability and compatibility to facilitate program availability and
platform independence.

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