Are Remote Workers Safe?

Since March 2020, for many of us, we have been forced to pivot into remote work. You may be also thinking to yourself at some stage this question is remote workers cyber-safe?

It is a very good question to ask and one that every business needs to be aware of.

How secure is working remotely?

You can be sure that cybercriminals are already thinking about these very questions as well. A new study released from the team at Tenable has found:

Nearly 59% of Australian businesses will make remote working permanent in the next 1-2 years, according to a study from Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Tenable.

As employees navigate sustained periods of remote working, the study also revealed that remote workers are the target of almost three-quarters of cyberattacks.

The majority of remote workers are connecting six or more devices to the home network, expanding the attack surface and, if left unsecured, putting them at greater risk of being the victim of a cyberattack.

Today, Tenable released the results from the study, finding:

• Nine in 10 remote workers are connecting six or more devices to their home networks
• 43% of remote workers access financial records and 51% access customer data from a personal device
• Yet, just 29% of Australian remote workers strictly follow their organisations’ security guidelines and measures
• 92% of Australian businesses experienced a business-impacting cyberattack in the last year

In this episode, we have Nathan Wenzler, Chief Security Strategist from Tenable, where he will discuss:

• Why remote workers are targeted.
• Where they are most vulnerable
• Who is behind the attacks?

Here on the good ship SS Tomorrow, we also like to present the solution. So our second guest is Peter Frands Frandsen, from Partisia Blockchain in Denmark. Where we will discuss

• The security benefits of Blockchain technology
• Some exciting new projects the team at Partisia have been working on

A big thank you to the teams at Sling and Stone, and Wachsmann for organising today's guests

To find out more visit https://www.tenable.com/blog

https://partisiablockchain.com/

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