Remote Working Has Real Cyber Security Risks

Companies experience a 78% increase in accidental data loss when employees work from home and organisations across the world are finding themselves newly vulnerable to cyber criminals looking to exploit mass uncertainty. This this could be just the push needed to transform they way they do cyber security and provide effective training.

Remote working has expanded the digital perimeter of many organisations, and that opens them up to these cyber risks. 

Organisations today are fending off cyber risks of all types, from malware to social engineering and malicious insiders. The onset of COVID-19, which has pushed many employees out of the office to work remotely, has also resulted in a boom in hostile digital equivalents.

The massive rise in home working and work outside of the traditional bounds of the office has expanded the digital perimeter of many organisations from a single location to hundreds, if not thousands. 

Even businesses that were previously set up to support remote working may struggle to handle it on such a scale and that's an environment in which cyber criminals will flourish. This problem highlights the importance of humans in the digital landscape. Both employees and managers need to understand the risks, their organisation's policies and procedures for managing them, and how to remediate issues if/when they occur.

Digital assets are now spread across many soft targets, rather than a handful of centralised harder ones and that means the business risk is greater.  Frustrated and isolated from colleagues remote workers into easier targets for cyber attacks

In order to facilitate secure remote work, many businesses need to ramp up their security efforts at the device level. This means using the latest technology to help monitor devices, and preparing end-users for unexpected changes to their work environment. 

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Relevant remote cyber security training should be introduced for all employees  and at Cyber Security Intelligence we recommend GoCyber training. 

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