HP CISO Joanna Burkey: Securing remote workers requires a collaborative approach

Tensions between IT teams and employees working from home threaten the security of organizations, with attempts to increase or update security for remote working regularly rebuffed in the name of business continuity. HP Inc. CISO Joanna Burkey believes security leaders must address these frictions to secure the future of the hybrid workplace. Speaking to CSO, she reflects on her experience with such issues and offers best practices for dealing with them.

IT conflicts create remote working cybersecurity risks

A new HP report, Rebellions & Rejections, combines data from a global YouGov online survey of 8,443 office workers who shifted to working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a global survey of 1,100 IT decision makers. It revealed that almost all (91%) IT teams have felt pressure to compromise security for business continuity as remote and hybrid working has taken hold, while 76% believe security has taken a back seat during the pandemic. As a result, 83% of IT teams say the increase in home workers has created a “ticking time bomb” for a corporate network breach. “This new report shows that while cyberattacks have become more sophisticated, the workforce has become less compliant, thus making it harder to defend the business,” Burkey says.

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