In this post we define what remote and hybrid working is and give a rundown on how Identity can help solve many of the key challenges your organisation is likely to face. “What is remote work?” "What is hybrid work?" Many people have been asking these questions over the last 18 months. As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted business operations across the globe and forced employers to close their doors indefinitely, a fast alternative to traditional in-office working practices became critical for survival. To weather the storm, millions of organisations turned to technology for a solution. By leveraging hosted platforms like Slack, Zoom, and Dropbox, employers could empower their workforce to continue working from whatever location, device, or network was most convenient: this is the definition of working remotely. However, while rapidly accelerated by the knock-on effects of the pandemic, the earliest example of remote working dates back as far as.