According to a Gallup study, about 42% of workers have a hybrid working schedule. These workers work in the office one or two days a week and work the other days remotely. Employees visit the office to conduct and attend important meetings, access office materials and supplies, and work from home or anywhere else throughout the rest of the week.

And as laptops and smartphones blur the lines between work and play, workers can answer Slack messages, send emails, and access sensitive company information from their personal and work devices while on the go.

But are workers compromising their company’s security measures by working from a personal device or completing their work on their local Starbucks’ Wi-Fi network? ZDNET spoke with experts about the pitfalls of remote working and cybersecurity and how employees and employers can avoid a catastrophic situation.

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