The COVID-19 scare has more people than ever are working at home. While this isn’t a new trend, it is affecting people on a much more massive scale now in light of the current health frenzy. The giants have taken heed: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft among others have all disseminated their office workers in specific regions, and Twitter has gone so far as to encourage all employees globally to work remotely. This is a severe jump from the 50% of employees working outside their main office part time. Mobile workers have often been a cause for concern in the security community, and now, thanks to the Coronavirus, organizations are seeing a complete and unprecedented change in their attack surface – especially ones who are remote-work adverse.
While most firms have an existing remote-working policy, it is worth considering an update given the criticality of its function. Remote working policies are typically quite general in nature and range from the protection of data in public places to policies around device loss or theft. We’re focusing here on the cybersecurity risks surrounding remote work.
Of course a remote-working policy cannot fully eliminate risk – your employees have to adhere to the policy (which is where security awareness training is crucial) and even with that, some exposure will always remain. Aside from this, there is a large population of workers who are now being asked to work from home who are not accustomed to these policies, which adds an additional layer of risk onto your organization.
So what measures can be taken?
Don’t use home PCs for work
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