Thankfully the global pandemic of 2020 is long gone but working from home is here to stay, even adopting its own acronym, WFM. Certainly, a perk to attracting and retaining talent, when WFM is implemented on a mass scale, it can invite a host of cybersecurity risks and challenges. Let’s understand why.
When employees work from the office, they are typically protected behind a secure corporate perimeter. When they work from home, hardly any such perimeter exists. Home Wi-Fi is no match for corporate Wi-Fi. Office employees mandatorily use company-owned computer devices; however, at home, they can use personal devices to access corporate resources and sometimes they use company devices for personal items.
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