What is the best method for mitigating the risk of employees working from high-risk countries while maintaining work flexibility?

The best method for mitigating the risk of employees working from high-risk countries while maintaining work flexibility is through geolocation. Geolocation technology enables organizations to determine the geographical location of a user’s device in real-time. This allows companies to enforce specific security policies based on where employees are accessing sensitive data or systems.

By using geolocation, an organization can restrict access to certain resources when an employee attempts to connect from a location deemed high-risk. This approach enhances security without sacrificing the flexibility of remote work, as it still allows access from locations that are considered safe. It can also help organizations to monitor compliance and ensure that sensitive information is only accessed from secure locations.

Other options, such as time-of-day restrictions, may regulate when employees can access certain systems, but they do not directly address location-based risks. Tokens provide an additional layer of authentication but do not mitigate location-specific threats. Geotagging can be useful for associating content with geographical data, but it doesn't provide the proactive security features that geolocation does.