Today's business models are challenging when it comes to security, never mind the complications of work from home. Remote work has become a permanent fixture of today's business landscape, and your MSSP can't adequately address your clients' security challenges without helping them secure connections to their anywhere workforce.
Home Networks: The Most Vulnerable Endpoint
By now, you know the drill regarding Work from Anywhere (WFA) and the risks accompanying it. WFA's been a boon to cybercriminals because it dramatically expands their attack surface via unsecured and undersecured home networks. The problem is so prevalent that the WFA connection is considered by many to be the most vulnerable endpoint.
It's not hard to see why. Most employees aren't versed in IT and are undereducated on cybersecurity hygiene and best practices. In addition, Wi-Fi routers vary widely in vulnerability and often aren't kept up to date. And on top of all this, many WFA tools were deployed haphazardly and on-the-fly during the pandemic. At that point, businesses were focused on keeping figurative, if not literal, office lights on.
What's the Solution?
If you consider the challenges of secure WFA and sketch out a potential solution, your wish list likely will narrow to a secure router with protections such as:
- Web filtering
- Antivirus
- Ransomware prevention
- Intrusion prevention
- Application control
- Botnet protection
- SSL deep inspection and security logging
Plug-and-Play to the Rescue
This exact solution emerged from a partnership between Linksys and Fortinet. Their next-generation firewall—LinkSys HomeWRK | Secured by Fortinet—helps businesses secure their remote workforces with a unified solution that:
- Delivers simple, plug-and-play capability
- Updates automatically
- Allows remote management and configuration from IT and security teams
- Supports multiple SSIDs to deliver separate corporate and home networks, ensuring privacy for employees and their families
The Linksys-Fortinet solution also promises to be easy on your MSSP. On the one hand, big-brand solutions are easier to sell because clients trust brands they recognize. On the other hand, you can offer your clients enterprise-level security for home workers in a simple, single-device solution.