How does remoteness affect the risk of disease and injury?
In 2018, after adjusting for age, the total burden of disease and injury in Australia increased with increasing remoteness. Major cities experienced the least burden per population, while Remote and very remote areas experienced the most. The rate of disease burden in Remote and very remote areas was 1.4 times as high as that for Major cities.
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How can I prevent remote access credentials being compromised?
Take steps to minimise the impact and harm that compromised credentials can cause: Use a limited privileged account for remote access. Adversaries target remote access credentials in order to gain an initial foothold. Use unique passphrases for every system within your environment.
How can I protect my remote workers from security threats?
Use multi-factor authentication (MFA), particularly to protect your remote access solution and privileged accounts or sensitive information. Ensure that remote workers lock remote sessions when not in use, and do not share devices with other members of their household.
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How to mitigate remote access risks?
Ideally, you should supply and configure a work laptop and network connection (such as separate mobile wireless hotspots) to remote workers to connect to the OTE. This circumvents the need to use home computing and networks all together.
How many MFA tokens are needed for remote workers?
This means it will take a minimum of two unique account names, two unique passphrases and two MFA tokens to reach the OTE:
Why disable remote desktop copy/paste?
Disable remote desktop copy/paste functionality and drive redirections into the OTE to reduce risks of sensitive information disclosure and malicious file transfers.
Why use an isolated local area network?
Given the assumption that your OTE personnel have technical knowledge, suggest they use an isolated Virtual Local Area Network if the home network has such capability. For example, most home networks have a ‘guest wireless network’ which is often left unused. This Virtual Local Area Network can be used to segregate devices from the rest of the household’s internet traffic.
What to do when you revert to a known secure state?
As you revert your network to a known secure state, update your baseline documentation and incorporate any changes that enhanced your cyber security.
Is OTE a scarce resource?
OTE, telecommunications and cyber security specialists are a scarce resource, so ensure your organisation has a human resource plan to manage the increase in workload. Seconding additional personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic may be a practical measure to manage the increased workload.
Can you do penetration testing at the OTE boundary?
Given the possible impact on physical systems, any penetration testing will typically stop at the OTE boundary.
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