Remote Working: Information Security Issues That Wealth Managers Need To Take On Board

At the beginning of 2020, no one would have predicted that the wealth management industry (in common with many other industry sectors) would be shortly engaging in what is effectively the biggest global experiment in remote working ever undertaken.

COVID-19 lockdowns in many countries around the world have meant that wealth management businesses have been forced into being operated remotely. Even multinationals have been operated in large part by home workers. 

Given the widespread success of remote working during the crisis, it would be no surprise if at least some of the recent changes to the way in which we work may be permanent. However, the risks to information security which arise from remote working should not be underestimated.