CYBER SECURITY
In fact , 73 per cent of respondents said that their IT staff had been targeted by phishing attempts , and 47 per cent of those attempts were successful . Kaspersky says securing the home Wi-Fi , making sure passwords are strong and secure and alerting employees to the dangers of phishing can all help to reduce the risk .
“ In the big shift to work-from-home , we ’ ve seen many challenges for the remote workforce ”
DOUGLAS CHEUNG SENIOR PRODUCT LINE MANAGER , NETGEAR
Open Wi-Fi networks The only measure most people use to protect their home wireless network nowadays is to set up a password and prevent neighbours and other people from taking control of their data . But open home Wi-Fi networks can present a real security risk to those working from home . NETGEAR has recently launched VPN support for remote workers . Douglas Cheung , Senior Product Line Manager at NETGEAR says “ In the big shift to work-from-home , we ’ ve seen many challenges for the remote workforce , including security concerns and declining employee productivity levels due to unreliable access to company applications and networked systems , and storage .” Dubbed Insight Business VPN , the new service lets small and medium-sized businesses extend corporate networks to
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