32 percent of remote workers use unapproved apps and software
Remote working poses a number of risks from an IT security point of view. A new report from Lookout finds that 32 percent of remote and hybrid workers use apps or software not approved by IT and 92 percent of remote employees perform work tasks on their personal tablet or smartphone devices.
Remote workers are also less likely to follow best practices for security. 90 percent access corporate networks from areas other than their home, with an average of five different locations -- introducing security risks as company data could be exposed across multiple networks not monitored by IT. 45 percent use the same password for work and personal accounts too.
The NSA has some tips about how to secure your home network -- sensible, blindingly obvious and paranoid in equal measure
Being a government agency concerned with security, it is perhaps not particularly surprising that the NSA has some advice for locking down networks. The National Security Agency has issued a series of tips designed to help secure home networks, and while home workers and remote workers are mentioned, the tips apply to just about everyone.
While much of the advice is fairly obvious, the list of "best practices" serves as a helpful reminder about the steps that need to be taken to avoid cyber-attacks. Some advice, however, suggests a level of paranoia that is not necessarily appropriate for most people.
Lookout launches unified security for endpoints and cloud
The switch to remote and hybrid working has led to more people working from mobile devices and using cloud platforms.
This needs a security solution that 'follows' and protects corporate data wherever it flows or resides, and with the launch of its new Cloud Security Platform, Lookout does just that.
The changing face of the digital workspace
One of the effects of the pandemic was a rapid and massive shift to remote working and it's becoming increasingly clear that we're not going to be returning to quite the way things were before.
The Digital Workspace Ecosystem Alliance (DWEA) has produced a State of the Digital Workspace 2023 report, based on the responses from 2,660 enterprise IT survey respondents worldwide, looking at the current work landscape.
Remote work is here to stay for developers
Remote work is the new normal for developers, with 83 percent working remotely more than half of the time and 76 percent saying they've maintained or increased their frequency of working remotely in the last year.
This is one of the findings of the latest Jamstack Community Survey, from development platform Netlify, which aims to identify trends happening across the global web developer ecosystem built around Jamstack.
Enterprises urged to be transparent about employee monitoring
With larger numbers of people working remotely, employers are keen to understand the effect this has on productivity. They're using technology like facial recognition and other tools to monitor the use of apps and gather other information.
However, software adoption platform Pendo is calling on companies to be more transparent with employees about what they do and don’t monitor, and why.
Free solution helps admins manage remote workforces
Hybrid work took off during then pandemic, but there's no doubt that it's now here to stay and remote support is a critical tool for IT teams as they troubleshoot end users' technical issues and support onboarding and offboarding.
Today sees identity and device management specialist JumpCloud launching a new, free cloud-based solution that allows IT admins and MSPs to support global workers by quickly accessing remote end-user devices at the click of a button.
How facial recognition can help improve remote productivity
Remote working has become the norm for many following the COVID pandemic. But while it offers many benefits for both employers and workers, it can also lead to problems with productivity and stress.
A new infographic from work time management firm TrackTime24 looks at some of the issues faced by remote workers and at how improved time tracking technology using facial recognition can help.
Remote workforces at SMBs are being left unprotected
Cyberattacks and other threats aren't limited to large organizations, indeed SMBs are often targeted as they are seen as having fewer resources to devote IT security defenses, particularly related to remote workers.
A new survey from software company Devolutions bears out this view, with only 18 percent of SMBs checking all the requisite IT security boxes and 13 percent not implementing any essential IT security measures at all.
Why it's time to rethink your hybrid collaboration strategy
Over the last two years, organizations everywhere have built hybrid collaboration strategies from a variety of platforms and services in an effort to blend the most useful features. This is understandable given the rapid acceleration in the adoption of digital collaboration tools throughout 2020, which played a huge role in keeping the economy moving.
Since then, businesses have grown to rely on their collaboration capabilities as part of their ongoing approach to hybrid working. But in many cases, this has given rise to a somewhat cobbled-together approach, delivering user and customer experiences that work but aren’t entirely optimized.
Dealing with the risks of online collaboration tools [Q&A]
The shift to working remotely has led to businesses relying increasingly on collaboration tools like Slack and Teams. But while these undoubtedly increase productivity they also introduce some extra risks.
We spoke to Brian Mannion, chief legal and data privacy officer at Aware, to find out about these risks and how enterprises can address them.
Hybrid work needs to move on from pandemic-era tech
When the pandemic-inspired lockdowns hit in 2020, businesses rushed to established technologies like VPNs in order to support remote working.
But new research conducted by Gartner Peer Insights for Citrix Systems shows 96 percent of IT leaders think these technologies no longer cut it and are rethinking their approach.
Update seems to be the hardest word as enterprises struggle to maintain endpoints
The average enterprise now manages approximately 135,000 endpoint devices. But in spite of large budgets spent on endpoint protection, an average of 48 percent of devices -- or 64,800 per enterprise -- are at risk because they are no longer detected by the organization's IT department or because operating systems have become outdated.
A new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute for Adaptiva also finds 63 percent of respondents find that the lack of visibility into endpoints is the most significant barrier to achieving a strong security posture.
Threat of firmware attacks is a growing concern for business
New research from HP Wolf Security finds that 80 percent of IT leaders are concerned about their capacity to respond to firmware attacks.
The study shows that 67 percent of IT leaders say protecting against, detecting, and recovering from firmware attacks has become more difficult and time-consuming due to the increase in home working, with 64 percent saying the same of analyzing the security of firmware configuration.
Why organizations must move to a cloud-based infrastructure [Q&A]
The past couple of years have led to lots of new demands on IT and many businesses have turned to the cloud in order to meet them.
Whilst the initial assumption may have been that these changes would be temporary, much of the shift in working patterns looks like becoming permanent. We spoke to Alkira's CEO Amir Khan to find out more about what this means for businesses as they gear up for remote work on a long-term basis.
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