Working from home security awareness SecAware

Working from home, on-the-hoof, or more generally working in temporary and transient locations, changes the information risks compared to working in purpose-built corporate offices. Mostly, the risks increase in line with the complexities of remote access, portability and physical dispersion … but offsetting that, off-site working can be convenient, productive and popular, and there are business continuity advantages too, not least during a pandemic. Implementing appropriate security controls is an essential part of making it work, with security awareness being a key part of the mix. ‘The workplace’ is a complex and dynamic concept, more than merely a physical location where work is performed. Both ‘work’ and ‘workplace’ are evolving. Whereas most of an organisation’s information might once have been created, housed and used by workers based in conventional offices, today’s increasingly mobile workers are using portable wireless-networked IT equipment to create, use a...