Working from Starbucks or even your living room may be nice and convenient, but it could also be opening your company up to a dangerous data breach.
Remote work is increasing. Over half of hiring managers agree that remote work is more common and a third think it is the future of work, according to a report on the future of work from Upwork, a freelancing platform.
Cybersecurity practices have not yet caught up. A majority of executives agree that the risk of a data breach is higher when an employee works remotely, yet few businesses have comprehensive off-site policies in place for those workers. Over half of small business owners said they have no policy for remote workers.
In addition, contractors or external vendors also open up companies to data breaches. The Shred-it survey found that 1 in 4 executives and 1 in 5 small business owners said that an external vendor was the cause of a data breach at their company.
This is because many businesses don’t do a thorough job of managing access when a relationship with an external vendor ends, according to Kalsi.
“There needs to be better governance around these things,” he said.
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Source : CNBC
