The evolution of the workplace has accelerated over the past year for reasons too painfully obvious to mention. In light of the office exodus, employers have been set the enormous task of adapting and accommodating a remote workforce and managing morale in the face of furloughs.
Among the many practical challenges is shoring up your cybersecurity defences. The several risks posed by furloughed and remote workers may not occur to many employers, so here’s a shortlist of challenges and actionable solutions for your organisation.
Suspicious emails lying dormant in inboxes
When your furloughed employees return to your workplace, it’s all systems go. Top of the agenda for many people is to clear that inbox, stat. But in the rush, your employees may fail to notice suspicious emails.
Worse still, many employees aren’t even aware of their personal responsibility to filter phishing emails. A 2021 phishing report by Proofpoint found that just over half of organisations provide company-wide cyber-security training, and consequently, only 63% of respondents within organisations were able to answer what phishing was correctly.
What to do: Prioritise security awareness training for your team and make sure you impress on your furloughed employees the continued importance of being vigilant against phishing emails. Consider disabling accounts until such time.
Resetting passwords on personal devices
How good are you at remembering your passwords? The better you are at creating strong, unique passwords, the less likely you are to remember them. Luckily, our clever devices have a way of remembering all of our passwords for us. Great, right? Well, only until you ne ..
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