Nothing like a global pandemic to bring out the best in telecommuting. The downside is, though, that it also brings out the worst. As reported here and elsewhere—and in line with common sense—the mass migration of workers from the mother ship to the home office opens the door for the all-too-clever hackers out there. The usual routes are made easier because of the chaos surrounding the virus and the disruption of routine, and new vulnerabilities are exposed for the same reasons. Pretending to be the CDC or the WHO or even the IT staff back at the office, hackers have new traction with old methods, like phishing schemes and malicious emails targeting an audience already frazzled by the disruption.
The Unexpected Mobility Of Nimbility
As companies encourage or require employees to work from home, new and visceral threats emerge that have never been considered. Like a company laptop filled with trade secrets and the first three chapters of a really compelling novel simply walking away from the table and out the door of the seemingly unoccupied but typically friendly coffee shop while your head of accounting makes a quick trip to the bathroom. Or how about the one where the home WiFi network of your key CSR is protected by the ubiquitous password 1234, and now your data is being packaged for resale to the highest bidder. Your organization is on the move, that’s for sure, but nobody’s quite certain about the direction.
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