Working away from the office puts more security decisions in the employee's hands. This course covers the everyday habits that keep remote work safer: locking down home Wi-Fi, using the company VPN, keeping devices patched, securing video calls, protecting sensitive data at home, avoiding shadow IT, guarding hardware in public, and sharing files through approved tools. Learners leave with a practical checklist they can use before every remote work session.
What you'll learn:
- Recognize the main risks that appear when work leaves the office network
- Secure home Wi-Fi, VPN use, endpoints, and video meetings with simple repeatable habits
- Protect sensitive data at home and avoid unapproved tools that create invisible risk
- Share files, guard devices, and run a quick remote-work checklist before each session
Secure Remote Work Practices
Why remote work moves risk with the device, especially on public Wi-Fi, exposed screens, missing laptops, and weak home networks.
How to harden a home router with a strong admin password, WPA3, guest networks, firmware updates, and remote management switched off.
What a VPN does, what it does not do, and when employees should connect before touching work systems or sensitive data.
How remote workers keep laptops healthy with updates, endpoint protection, disk encryption, screen locking, and managed devices.
How to keep video meetings secure with waiting rooms, private links, locked meetings, clean screens, updates, and participant checks.
How to protect sensitive data at home by locking printouts away, positioning screens carefully, using approved storage, and shredding documents.
Why unapproved tools feel convenient, how they create blind spots, and why employees should check before pasting, uploading, or installing.
How physical security changes outside the office, from locked screens and guarded laptops to cable locks, tracking, and home boundaries.
How to share files through approved tools, set tight permissions, expire links, verify recipients, and avoid public transfer sites.
The remote-work pre-flight checklist: VPN, secure Wi-Fi, screen locking, approved sharing, updates, participant checks, safe storage, and fast reporting.
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About the teacher
Vikram Chalana
Vikram Chalana is the co-founder and CEO of Pictory. He is an engineer and entrepreneur who previously co-founded Winshuttle, an enterprise software company that grew to 300 employees globally.
At Pictory, Vikram works on making video creation easier for trainers, educators, marketers and business teams who want to turn existing content into clear, useful videos with AI.
