{"id":3835,"date":"2021-05-09T22:53:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T17:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/layots.com\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2021-05-09T22:54:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T17:24:03","slug":"managing-your-it-infrastructure-during-lockdown-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/layots.com\/managing-your-it-infrastructure-during-lockdown-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing your IT Infrastructure during Lockdown Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So many aspects of our business & lives are under pressure right now due to the global pandemic. In the middle of all this, IT infrastructure still remains the backbone of the smooth business operations. Layots is committed to helping individuals like you & your organization to get through these tough times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are in this together. We can do this together. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT guys spend most of their valuable time in maintaining as well as administering existing IT systems \u2014 it is an important work, but certainly they can do better. How? Well, there\u2019s always more work to do, considering that IT leaders wish to grow as business grows. Every IT guy wishes to provide meaningful value to their Managers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, understanding how changes in patterns of work stand to impact the day-to-day lives of your IT staff will allow you to smartly deal with the current situation. We understand that it is too soon to predict the next steps, it has only been weeks and we are trying to get used to the newer ways to work. We want to ensure that you are spending your crucial time right. Use your data to validate. Prioritize things for your IT and implement accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best practices to manage your IT Infra from remote<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Make WFH experience a productive one for your employee by ensuring that your applications which are supporting your business operations are running smoothly. There are some steps that you can take to make this transition of working from home smooth for your IT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Make sure all your employees are provided with proper endpoints (Like PC\/Desktop\/Laptop) & seamless internet connectivity to carry out their day to day business activity.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you have hosted all your data\/applications in an in-house NAS Storage\/Physical Server, make sure that the respective employee groups can access their data\/application from remote. Enable users with SSL VPN to access your internal resources. <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Make sure that you have enabled Multi Factor Authentication\/AD Authentication to authenticate the users who are accessing the internal resources<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you have hosted all your applications in an in-house server, make sure that you have protected it with UPS, Redundant Power Supply Unit (SMPS), Precise Cooling & 24×7 CCTV Surveillance.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ensure files that are confidential are not being accessed without any authentication. Make sure that you frequently backed up all your files. Backup all your files to AWS\/Azure Cloud to make sure the availability of data at all time. Use a Backup agent in Individual PCs\/Servers to backup your overall data as well as daily incremental data to cloud<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If your employees are using their own personal devices to access the internal resources, make sure that you have put a AV\/DLP Agent to prevent the data leakage in any form & prevent them from accessing any malicious content<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Enable security profiles for each set of users & groups in your firewall. Limit their access based on the work environment. Use content filtering\/ Application Control\/ AV\/ DLP Modules wherever possible<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ensure that you install SSL certificate for your domain & make sure to cross check the licensing details for each & every network devices\/Applications to properly operate with valid support contract <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Start migrating your data to the cloud as soon as possible. This will help you to avoid the lockdown scenarios in near future, where you don’t need to worry about the data availability\/safety & security.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For all employees with the ability to WFH, the home broadband network has become mission critical. VPNs can also be difficult to use, and the corporate VPN infrastructure may not scale sufficiently to handle the sudden influx of simultaneous WFH users. Deploy SDWAN devices in your WFH employees & take control of each device by using a orchestrator\/controller. Features: Internet Load balancing & Fail-over, Policy (Application based failover), IPSec tunnels fail-over, Stateful Firewall, QoS, URL filtering & Usage status <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Video\/Audio conferencing enables people from different locations to hold virtual meetings as if they were in the same location. Enable them with necessary Zoom\/ Microsoft Teams\/ Cisco Webex Bridges<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Building your infrastructure architecture is a hard and slow process that demands a lot of dedication, passion, skills, and money. Even with the latest available solutions, you still need experts to guide you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why we advice you to rely on some trusted guys who can provide you with\u00a0Infrasctucture-as-a-Service! Rely on Layots! No more searching and comparisons, we can build you a modern, secure, reliable and scalable infrastructure! <\/em><\/strong><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So many aspects of our business & lives are under pressure right now due to the global pandemic. In the middle of all this, IT infrastructure still remains the backbone of the smooth business operations. Layots is committed to helping individuals like you & your organization to get through these tough times. We are in this together. We can do this together. IT guys spend most of their valuable time in maintaining as well as administering existing IT systems \u2014 it is an important work, but certainly they can do better. How? Well, there\u2019s always more work to do, considering that IT leaders wish to grow as business grows. Every IT guy wishes to provide meaningful value to their Managers.  Ultimately, understanding how changes in patterns of work stand to impact the day-to-day lives of your IT staff will allow you to smartly deal with the current situation. We understand that it is too soon to predict the next steps, it has only been weeks and we are trying to get used to the newer ways to work. We want to ensure that you are spending your crucial time right. Use your data to validate. Prioritize things for your IT and implement accordingly. Best practices to manage your IT Infra from remote Make WFH experience a productive one for your employee by ensuring that your applications which are supporting your business operations are running smoothly. There are some steps that you can take to make this transition of working from home smooth for your IT. Make sure all your employees are provided with proper endpoints (Like PC\/Desktop\/Laptop) & seamless internet connectivity to carry out their day to day business activity. If you have hosted all your data\/applications in an in-house NAS Storage\/Physical Server, make sure that the respective employee groups can access their data\/application from remote. Enable users with SSL VPN to access your internal resources. Make sure that you have enabled Multi Factor Authentication\/AD Authentication to authenticate the users who are accessing the internal resources If you have hosted all your applications in an in-house server, make sure that you have protected it with UPS, Redundant Power Supply Unit (SMPS), Precise Cooling & 24×7 CCTV Surveillance. Ensure files that are confidential are not being accessed without any authentication. Make sure that you frequently backed up all your files. Backup all your files to AWS\/Azure Cloud to make sure the availability of data at all time. Use a Backup agent in Individual PCs\/Servers to backup your overall data as well as daily incremental data to cloud If your employees are using their own personal devices to access the internal resources, make sure that you have put a AV\/DLP Agent to prevent the data leakage in any form & prevent them from accessing any malicious content Enable security profiles for each set of users & groups in your firewall. Limit their access based on the work environment. Use content filtering\/ Application Control\/ AV\/ DLP Modules wherever possible Ensure that you install SSL certificate for your domain & make sure to cross check the licensing details for each & every network devices\/Applications to properly operate with valid support contract Start migrating your data to the cloud as soon as possible. This will help you to avoid the lockdown scenarios in near future, where you don’t need to worry about the data availability\/safety & security. For all employees with the ability to WFH, the home broadband network has become mission critical. VPNs can also be difficult to use, and the corporate VPN infrastructure may not scale sufficiently to handle the sudden influx of simultaneous WFH users. Deploy SDWAN devices in your WFH employees & take control of each device by using a orchestrator\/controller. Features: Internet Load balancing & Fail-over, Policy (Application based failover), IPSec tunnels fail-over, Stateful Firewall, QoS, URL filtering & Usage status Video\/Audio conferencing enables people from different locations to hold virtual meetings as if they were in the same location. Enable them with necessary Zoom\/ Microsoft Teams\/ Cisco Webex Bridges Building your infrastructure architecture is a hard and slow process that demands a lot of dedication, passion, skills, and money. Even with the latest available solutions, you still need experts to guide you. That\u2019s why we advice you to rely on some trusted guys who can provide you with\u00a0Infrasctucture-as-a-Service! Rely on Layots! No more searching and comparisons, we can build you a modern, secure, reliable and scalable infrastructure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,118,119,117,115,116],"class_list":["post-3835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-cloudservices","tag-it-infra-management","tag-remote-workers","tag-virtual-solutions","tag-wfh","tag-work-from-home","post-no-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3835"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3897,"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835\/revisions\/3897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/layots.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}