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Our focus is mainly to offer software solutions to the customers for their networking needs and data security requirements |
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SSG Solutions (P) Ltd.
301,HI-LINE COMPLEX,
ROAD NO. 12,BANJARA HILLS,
HYDERABAD
TELANGANA-500034
TELEFAX : 040- 23320189 |
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| The coronavirus pandemic the infection officially designated as COVID-19 is causing upheaval across the globe. Aside from the serious economic and public health implications, one very practical impact of shelter-in-place dictums is to force many companies to support remote working where they can. The most recent data tells us that in 2017, eight million Americans worked from home at least some of the week — amounting to around 5% of US workers. However, the events of the past few weeks are driving what is being described in certain sectors as the biggest shift to home working since 9/11. |
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| Hackers are primed and ready to take advantage of home workers, whose machines and devices may not be as secure as those in the office. There’s also a risk that workers are more distracted by current events when working at home, creating more opportunities for cyber-criminals to strike. |
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| Phishing messages are by far the number one threat to home workers. Cyber-criminals are using widespread awareness of COVID-19, and a desire for more information on the outbreak, to trick users into clicking on malicious links or opening booby-trapped attachments. Many are spoofed to appear as if sent by trusted organizations such as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or the World Health Organization (WHO). They may claim to offer more information on the spread of the outbreak, tips on staying safe, and even provide details of how to get a non-existent vaccine online. |
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| Home workers represent an attractive target in their own right. After all, personal information and log-ins (home banking, Netflix, webmail etc) can be easily sold for a profit on dark web marketplaces. However, organizations represent a much bigger, potentially more lucrative pay day for cyber-criminals. While corporate PCs and networks might be fairly well secured, the rush to support home working may have left gaps the bad guys are keen to exploit. |
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| With so many techniques at their disposal, it’s easy to imagine that the bad guys have the upper hand. But by putting a few best practices in place, there are things businesses and employees can do today to reduce home working security risks. |
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| * User awareness exercises to improve the ability of home workers to spot phishing attacks. |
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| * Require strong, unique passwords for all accounts, stored in a password manager, such as Trend Micro Password Manager. |
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| * Enhance the above by switching on two-factor authentication for all enterprise accounts that have it (including any cloud platforms). |
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| * Always use a VPN for communication between home and corporate networks. |
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| We don’t know how long COVID-19 will last. But by adapting to the new reality as quickly as possible, businesses and their home workers can at least close down any security gaps, enabling them to be as productive as possible — while most importantly, staying safe and healthy. |
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| https://blog.trendmicro.com/covid-19-how-do-i-work-from-home-securely/? |
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