Recently, the process of digitalisation in the world of work has undergone rapid acceleration. Working from home and remote working are hot topics and will continue to be an important component in the German economy in the future.

The way in which we work and communicate will change after coronavirus.

Your IT safeguards for protecting company data will need to adapt to the present situation and be expanded to take account of the potential new work situation when working from home.

Below you will find a list of IT safeguards that you can implement at short notice. They are primarily aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises and are intended as a basic safeguard when working from home. You can also answer the questions provided in order to check any precautionary measures that have already been taken. This will allow you to implement your IT security objectives--availability, confidentiality, integrity--in an effective way.

This checklist takes account of recent developments related to coronavirus. If your company is switching to working from home in the long term, it will be necessary to implement further IT safeguards.

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