Guest Opinion: Social distancing measures taken by responsible employers have greatly increased the number of employees working remotely. During COVID-related lockdowns and restrictions, some companies and their employees can enjoy the objective benefits of not having to waste time and money on long commutes. Concurrently, plenty of businesses still do not have the structure in place to support a vast, full-time work-at-home workforce with the security or business processes they needed.
Because employees or departments scrambled for ad-hoc solutions to remote working, they sometimes sacrificed robust security to get up and running as quickly as possible. Cybercriminals can also work from home or other remote locations, and many saw the rise in remote workers as an opportunity to exploit.