From James Farmer (FSLO):

Part of an organization's security policy should be a remote access policy that provides guidelines regarding secure and controlled access from a remote laptop or computer. Employees or users accessing internal resources remotely should be required to have explicit permission to do so by appropriate management.

All users connecting to an organization's network remotely, be it from a laptop or home PC, should be required to utilize a VPN connection (an encrypted "tunnel"). Any wireless connectivity via a laptop/desktop used to remotely access confidential data should be encrypted at a minimum via WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). Due to known security vulnerabilities, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) should not be used.

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