CHAPTER 5: HOME OFFICE

The term ‘home office’ describes three concepts:

  1. 1. Every business or home enterprise must start somewhere, usually with a home office.

  2. 2. Many households might manage their home through a single room, which by default becomes the home office.

  3. 3. When people work remotely they tend to work in their home office.

A home office is usually regarded as the highest priority for the household’s Internet access, so the router would be located there as well as the printer, the desktop and any other network aspects.

Where the home office is used as the foundation for a home enterprise or small business, it is even more critical, but it is also the likely target for attackers who know that users and small businesses tend not to ...

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