Open AccessCybersecurity Risks in Remote Working Environment and Strategies to Mitigate Them
Author(s) -
Vivekananth.P
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and management research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-6962
pISSN - 2250-0758
DOI - 10.31033/ijemr.12.1.13
Subject(s) - computer security , firewall (physics) , password , computer science , work (physics) , phishing , cyber threats , authentication (law) , the internet , business , world wide web , engineering , mechanical engineering , accretion (finance) , schwarzschild radius , finance , charged black hole
Remote work is popular these days around the world although remote work provides flexible routine and work life balance, remote work also comes with huge cyber security threats. This paper analyzes the types of cybersecurity threats such as unsafe Wi-Fi networks, weak passwords, unencrypted file sharing, phishing schemes,cyber-attacks. This paper also discusses the ways of mitigating these risks such as formulating a work-from-home security policy, investing in zero trust model,multi-factor authentication,VPN,firewall and strong Endpoint Detection and Response(EDR).