The global coronavirus outbreak is adding another layer
of cybersecurity risk as companies ask their employees to work
remotely. Indeed, the shift to remote work may create of new
potential avenues for unauthorized access to company data and
information technology systems from hackers and cyber criminals.
Accordingly, companies will be well-advised to ensure that they
have a robust cybersecurity strategy to address risks associated
with remote work. In this post, we review the main sources of cyber
risks and identify mitigation measures to ramp up
cybersecurity.
Remote Work and Cybersecurity Risk
Remote work raises a number of cybersecurity risk
issues:
- Access to confidential company data
through unsafe home or public Wi-Fi networks;
