SANS Security Awareness Work-from-Home Deployment Kit

Everything you need to help your employees create a secure work-from-home environment in the new remote work world.

Work and Learn from Home Securely

In 2020, we saw an increase in cyber threats due to the coronavirus pandemic disrupting business as usual. Organizations and school districts worldwide were forced to quickly implement new technologies and work-from-home policies. Not only did this pose new challenges for organizations to secure their remote workforce, but it also put an even greater burden on their employees and their households who had to quickly adapt to the new way of working and learning from home — and do so safely and securely. Now more than ever, we need to enable our employees to be the best line of defense and equip them with the right tools to combat persistent and evolving cybersecurity threats and risks.


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Work from Home: Precautions, Risks, and Potential Outcomes

Did you know that working from home carries additional security risks? Fortunately, there are simple — yet critical — steps your employees can take to ensure they can work remotely from home as securely as possible. Even more, these tips will help to make a far more safe and secure home for your employees and their families moving forward.

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SANS Security Awareness Work-from-Home Deployment Kit

From a comprehensive step-by-step guide on how to implement a remote security initiative across the organization to quick tips, videos, and newsletters for individuals and families, the SANS Security Awareness Work-from-Home Deployment Kit covers everything you need to know to protect your business, your employees and their families. To access these free resources, simply click on the links below.
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For Organizations
SANS Security Awareness Deployment Guide: Working from Home A step-by-step plan to quickly execute an awareness initiative to secure your remote workforce-- identify what to teach your workforce, top three risks to focus on, what departments to coordinate with, how to effectively engage and communicate to your workforce. A library of supplemental training materials are also available, in different modalities and languages to meet the unique needs of your organization.
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For Individuals
Top 5 Tips for Working from Home Securely For people who want to learn more about how to protect themselves at home, our simple tip sheet covers the five most critical steps to securing a home working environment.
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Tips for Secure Video Conferencing
Video conferencing has become a key part of staying connected while working at home. However, this technology is new for many and often changing. Here are key tips on how to use video conferencing software securely for both individuals hosting a conference and those attending.
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For Parents
With school districts moving to eLearning formats, in which students access online forums from home, this is a fantastic opportunity for children to try new technologies — and also face potential security risks. As such, we are releasing all of our training materials on how to secure your kids online, including two videos, relevant issues of our Ouch! Newsletter and our recent webcast “Securing Your Kids.”
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At SANS Security Awareness, we want to do whatever we can to help companies, employees and families best secure remote working and learning environments. That is why we have released the SANS Security Awareness Work-From-Home Deployment Kit, which offers a wide variety of SANS public resources and paid training materials at no cost.

FAQ's

Can I use any of these materials for my awareness program?

Yes, you are free to use any of these materials for distribution in your security awareness program.

Can I modify the materials?

You can modify any resources in Microsoft Word .docx format, which includes branding with your logo and/or editing and removing text. You will NOT be able to modify any of the resources in non-Word (.docx) format. All non-modifiable resources can be used to inspire your own content creation.

How can the videos and other materials be used?

The videos, documents and other files may be used freely for non-commercial purposes. All resources provided or linked in the Deployment Kit are Copyright © 2021, SANS Institute. All rights reserved to SANS Institute.

Who do I contact if I have questions or suggestions for the Deployment Kit?Please contact ssainfo@sans.org
Can I get the videos in mp4 or another downloadable format?

At this time, you may add the links and they may be viewed as is. The videos may not be downloaded.

Can I promote this page on Social Media?

Absolutely! The more people that know about these resources the better. Please share and promote.

Can we link to the content?

Yes. This content is for everyone, so please feel free to share it with your network.

Who is SANS?The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. SANS is the most trusted and, by far, the largest provider of cybersecurity training and certification for government and commercial-institution professionals worldwide. Please visit www.sans.org for more information.

Need more?

If you want to learn even more about prioritizing human risk, engaging your workforce and changing human behavior, we recommend the following two-day SANS courses, currently available via SANS Online Training.
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