What are the cyber risks while working from home and how to prevent those risks?
The recent Coronavirus pandemic has forced people all around the world to stay at home as a precautionary measure of social distancing. It hampered millions of working employees who travel daily to their office for work. Many organizations have opted for the work-from-home policy to minimize the effect of the pandemic on businesses. But surprisingly, it has emerged as an effective and lucrative option to increase productivity as it provides more flexibility to the employees. Moreover, many organizations are planning to extend the facility of work-from-home post-pandemic. However, it has both the benefits and threats as it increases cyber risk, which is a serious threat to all the organizations around the globe. Here are the top three cyber threats which need to be addressed while working at home Insecure Home Network is an Open Invitation to Hackers Most of the organizations use Virtual Private Networks or VPNs for their daily operations. VPNs, antivirus solutions, firewa...