Best Privacy And Security Practices, COVID-19 Edition (Hint: Fewer Differences Than You Might Think)

Businesses scrambling to move their workforces into remote environments are rightly concerned about the smooth and productive flow of information, including question about whether there will be any government support for building out a remote infrastructure, and what limitations are there on the kinds of information employers may obtain or share to minimize the health impacts on their employees (both questions, among many others, that Foley Hoag's COVID-19 Task Force was built to help answer). And the now-ubiquitous use of videoconferening platforms has itself created new threats, and potentially new liabilities, that businesses must take care to manage.

In a complex business environment that has transitioned so quickly into remote workspaces, what should you be doing differently?