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Keep DNS in mind when planning your office re-opening

It's hard enough dealing with the possibility that during weekends members of your network user community use their devices to browse the Internet off-network then return to office to reconnect to your enterprise network with devices unwittingly infected with malware. With many localities operating under extended stay-at-home mandates in place to support flattening the COVID-19 infection curve, the threat of malware infestation is exacerbated, not only by the lengthy duration but as users adapt and become comfortable with work-at-home routines, they may become overly casual and less vigilant to threats. The AV-Test Institute , an independent IT security research institute, has identified over one billion malware programs in existence. And when it comes to malware, ransomware, and other undesirable software programs potentially impacting the security of your network and your users, there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that most of these programs are identifiabl