What controls do you have for employees traveling to China?
Loaner laptop that gets wiped on return38%
No critical system access56%
All traffic over a company managed VPN62%
More restrictive security profiles on devices (laptop, MDM)27%
Require biometric or yubikey MFA6%
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Director of Network Transformation, Self-employed
Um... All of the above. This is a real thing. Had my IPhone mirrored last time I was there.. Senior Information Security Manager in Software, 501 - 1,000 employees
See Gartner report (ID Number: G00205633) from 2010: Managing Data Protection in the People's Republic of China. It is dated, but much of it is relevant. There’s likely newer advice from Gartner.But the bottom line is that employees have to be very, very, very careful in China.
Get advice from legal if and when you can use encryption, use a VPN, etc.
And assume all data on the device will be seen and downloaded by the PRC.
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Offering counseling or support groups31%
Flexible work schedules67%
Additional days off for the holidays39%
Tools like Calm or Headspace30%
Regular check-ins with manager31%
New training opportunities19%
No meeting or no email rules3%
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Before data collection44%
When collecting data37%
When analyzing collected data18%
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Follow up to my previous travel question… What is your favorite place to travel to for work and why?
Director of Systems Operations in Healthcare and Biotech, 10,001+ employees
By far the best place for me to travel was Shanghai. Loved the city and the vibe. Singapore is also an amazing place to have to be stationed for work.Director in Manufacturing, 1,001 - 5,000 employees
We capture it as part of our permissions services. We don’t call out every single group policy but do for the majority and have a catch all for the general service as part of permissions.