| | DECEMBER 20209may just be one of the many that's yet to come and so it's important to prepare for the future. Work from home is the new normal and hence companies should ensure proper & secure infrastructure for their employees ­ a water tight digital infrastructure.In the past few months of em-ployees working from home, many of them have used their personal network to connect to work and access important information/doc-uments. This may have given free or easy passage to cyber hackers/attackers to enter the corporate network, and this is why around 82 percent of Indian organizations were hit by ransomware (Sophos). And with employees going back to work post Unlock 1.0, it is im-portant for organizations to en-sure the virus doesn't enter their digital infrastructure. As Argha Bose, Head ­ Cyber Security and Risk Business, Tata Advanced Sys-tems, said, "When coming back to secured environment from an un-secured one, no one knows what you are carrying in your devices. Hence cyber security experts need to device strategies to counter the threats and kill them sooner". He advises to look at every device as a suspect and set up clear cut proce-dures of how people can re-enter the organization infrastructure.Communication minus GrapevineRemember, communication is the key to success! But we also know the damage grapevine communi-cation can do to an organization's present and future, especially when a large chunk of your em-ployees work remotely. Hence crystal clear communication has always been the most complex challenge for any organization. A survey by Fortune/Adobe also seals the deal as it states that around 53 percent of the CIOs surveyed feel their biggest challenge in facilitat-ing their companies' remote work is to get their employees to effec-tively communicate with one an-other.Clear, transparent communi-cation becomes more important during these uncertain times, which creates positivity and in-creased connectivity among em-ployees and management. But be-fore communicating future plans, leaders should define their priori-ties and forward-moving strate-gies so that when communicated to their team, they know what the company holds for them and their future, and what it expects from them to do to put the company back on track.Hence when writing the new leadership book, leaders across the organization needs to be agile, receptive of opinions, fast decision maker, clear in their communica-tion, create strong financial in-flows and be farsighted to plan ac-cordingly. So are you ready to bite the bullet?
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