If your team can work anywhere, privacy filters should be part of your IT strategy

Employees today work from more places than ever before, making laptops the primary workspace for many professionals.

Businesses have invested heavily in cloud platforms, secure networks and collaboration tools to support flexible working.

But if your team can work anywhere, your organisation also needs to consider who can see what's on their screens.

Whether it's a financial report on a train, customer information in a café or confidential emails in an airport lounge, sensitive business information can easily become visible to people who were never intended to see it.

This is a challenge DICOTA, one of Europe's leading manufacturers of business mobility accessories, has been helping organisations address for many years through its range of professional privacy filters.

The screen is the gap in many security strategies

Most organisations focus on protecting data stored on devices or transmitted across networks. But once that information appears on a screen, the challenge changes.

DICOTA refers to this as visual hacking, also known as shoulder surfing, where confidential information can be viewed simply by someone sitting or standing nearby. As the company puts it, "digital security ends at the screen, not at the firewall."

It's not always about malicious intent. Sometimes it's simply someone sitting in the next seat.

DICOTA's guidance also highlights that GDPR requires organisations to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including preventing unauthorised access to information displayed on screens. For organisations handling customer, employee or financial information, screen privacy is another practical consideration within a wider information security strategy.

Why DICOTA?

At DCB Group, we partner with DICOTA to provide privacy filters for business laptops, phones, monitors and tablets.

Designed specifically for professional environments, DICOTA privacy filters help protect confidential information without affecting the way employees work.

Key features include:

Products such as the DICOTA Secret 14" Notebook Privacy Filter use Microlouver technology to provide a clear view for the user while darkening the display from side angles. They're ideal for professionals working in offices, customer sites and public spaces, while magnetic models make it easy to attach or remove the filter as needed.

Small change. Big difference.

Firewalls, encryption and endpoint security remain essential, but they're only part of protecting business information.

Privacy filters provide a simple, cost-effective way to help keep confidential information out of sight while employees work beyond the traditional office. If you're reviewing your device estate or looking for practical ways to strengthen your organisation's information security, DCB Group can help you choose the right DICOTA privacy filter for your team.