GNRL-09

Employee Work Locations (all)

Explanation

This question is asking for information about all the locations where your company's employees work. This includes physical office locations, remote work arrangements, and any other work settings your employees operate from. Why it's being asked in a security assessment: 1. Physical security considerations: Different locations may have different physical security controls and risks. 2. Data residency implications: Employee locations can affect where data is accessed from and stored, which has compliance implications. 3. Network security planning: Understanding work locations helps assess network access points and potential vulnerabilities. 4. Disaster recovery planning: Geographic distribution of workforce affects business continuity planning. 5. Legal and regulatory compliance: Different jurisdictions have different requirements for data protection. How to best answer it: Provide a comprehensive list of all work locations, including: - Main office locations with addresses - Satellite or branch offices - Percentage or number of remote workers - Countries/regions where employees work - Any co-working spaces or shared facilities used - Any relevant policies regarding work locations (e.g., BYOD policies for remote workers) Be transparent about your work arrangement model, whether it's fully in-office, hybrid, or fully remote. If you have a large number of locations, you might want to categorize them by region or country rather than listing every individual address.

Example Responses

Example Response 1

Our company operates with a hybrid work model We maintain three primary office locations: headquarters in Boston, MA (200 employees capacity), a development center in Austin, TX (75 employees capacity), and a European office in Dublin, Ireland (50 employees capacity) Approximately 60% of our 500 total employees work remotely at least 3 days per week, with 25% being fully remote and distributed across 12 U.S states and 5 European countries (UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Netherlands) All remote employees are subject to our Remote Work Security Policy, which includes requirements for secure home networks, company-issued devices, and regular security training.

Example Response 2

XYZ Corporation maintains a centralized workforce model with 95% of our 1,200 employees working from our four office locations: New York City (Global HQ, 600 employees), San Francisco (West Coast operations, 300 employees), London (European operations, 200 employees), and Singapore (APAC operations, 100 employees) We have a limited remote work program (5% of workforce) for specific roles in sales and customer support, with these employees primarily located in the same countries as our offices All locations adhere to our standardized physical and logical security controls, with biometric access to all facilities and segregated network environments based on geographic location.

Example Response 3

Currently, our startup operates without dedicated office space All 15 employees work remotely from their homes, with 12 located in various cities across California, 2 in Colorado, and 1 in Toronto, Canada We recognize this creates potential security challenges, so we haven't yet implemented formal location-based security policies beyond our standard remote work guidelines We're planning to establish a physical office in San Francisco within the next 6 months and will develop more comprehensive location-specific security protocols at that time In the interim, we mitigate risks through VPN requirements, encrypted devices, and cloud-based security tools that don't depend on physical location.

Context

Tab: Privacy
Category: General Information