With Remote Work Becoming the Norm, Security Stays Behind

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An investigation into enterprise IT security specialists revealed that approximately 80% felt  workers are more vulnerable to phishing efforts now that they working from home, according to Help Net Security. 

Over 59% believed that it was sufficient to use solutions such as email reminders (20%), video training (27%), and virtual private networks (12%) to mitigate the respondents’ top security threats: brand and reputation, as well as legal danger, despite a dramatic increase in threats over the past year. 

According to the results of the poll, 81% of IT executives believe that  90% or more ransomware attacks originate through email phishing. 18% believe their employees are unaware or don’t comprehend the consequences of email phishing attacks on their firm. 

Computer and information technology leaders spent the previous year putting significant eff…

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