Nearly one in three (32%) remote and hybrid workers use apps or software not approved by IT, and 92% of remote workers use personal tablet or smartphone devices to get work done. going.
The data comes from a recent report by cloud security company Lookout. It also suggested that he 46% of surveyed remote workers store work files on personal devices, and 45% use the same password for work and personal accounts.
Sundaram Lakshmanan, Chief Technology Officer at Lookout, commented:
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Additionally, Lookout’s research shows links between these security issues and others, with 31% of those surveyed saying they are less likely to follow safe security practices when working remotely. I admit it.
“IT teams have no control over the networks employees connect to most of the time, so both users and corporate data are exposed to both internal and external threats at an exponential rate,” Lakshmanan explained. increase.
According to the report, younger workers are more likely to work remotely, with 18-24 year olds being the most common (57%), 25-34 year olds (45%) and 35-44 year olds (40%). follows.
Another security issue Lookout mentioned was around updates, with 8% of remote workers saying their computers aren’t running the latest version of the OS. This number was slightly higher on mobile devices (9%).
According to Lookout, remote workers are easy targets for attackers because they can use insecure networks and unmanaged devices.
Latest version of Lookout Remote work security status report This is based on responses from 3,000 remote and hybrid workers from companies in the US, UK, France and Germany.
The report comes months after Check Point released data showing that the number of cyberattacks recorded in 2022 was 38% higher than the volume observed in 2021. This is partly thanks to the increased attack surface that remote work provides.
