The 5 best cybersecurity practices for a remote world

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Employees may feel physically safer and more comfortable working from home than ever before, but virtually, they’ve never been more at risk.

Most companies have unprotected data and poor cybersecurity practices in place, making them vulnerable to data loss, according to data from software company Varonis. With over half of remote workers using a personal device, 71% of security leaders say they lack sufficient visibility into at-home networks, making it nearly impossible to stop or prevent an attack, according to cybersecurity company Tenable.

Good security software goes to waste without the good habits to keep it running.

“Employees have a split reality,” Yavor says. “They have their work identity — their work email, their work laptop, their work data access — and they also have an equally technically capable personal side. And you can’t treat one half of that reality while also ignoring the other half.”

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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