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January 25, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we work forever. Although some part of the workforce returned to the office as soon as restrictions loosened, many employees wish to continue working remotely. According to data from Gartner, 60% of knowledge workers are remote, with at least 18% not planning to return to the office anytime soon.

 

A hybrid office is a great option for both types of workers. However, a hybrid work environment may pose considerable security risks for organizations and expose them to insider threats. In this article, we review ten practices to...

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December 28, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to temporarily transition to remote work environments. Two years have passed, but the remote work trend is still with us, with over 75% of people worldwide working remotely at least once a week.

 

As telecommuting concerns more cybersecurity experts around the world, some security officers still make drastic mistakes in configuring and managing remote environments. Read our blog post to learn the top ten security mistakes organizations make with regards to remote work. Discover what you can do to avoid these mistakes and...

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October 13, 2021

Protecting your sensitive data and other critical assets requires establishing secure access to them in the first place. Lots of organizations do this by protecting their remote servers and corporate systems with SSH keys. However, even SSH keys can be compromised and abused by malicious actors.

 

In this article, we talk about SSH keys and their role in secure authentication processes as well as about the benefits of effective SSH key management. Also, we offer six useful practices that will help you secure your digital keys.

SSH key authentication management...
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March 02, 2021

In 2020, remote work became not just a trend but a must for many companies. Yet ensuring secure telecommuting turned out to be a challenge for cybersecurity teams: Remote employees tend to use insecure tools, work in unprotected environments, and mismanage sensitive data. All of this increases the risk of insider threats. 

 

In this article, we take a close look at the challenges remote employees bring and the risks they can pose to your organization. We also offer six best practices for insider risk management.

Insider threats vs insider risks

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February 17, 2021

In striving to make sure in-office and remote employees’ work is secure, organizations often rely on technology-centric approaches. Although user monitoring tools and other cybersecurity solutions do their jobs, they still can’t affect employee behavior and fully secure remote work. To engage remote employees into cybersecurity, organizations are now shifting to a human-centric approach.

 

The people-centric approach to security aims to treat workers more as a cyber shield for corporate data rather than a vulnerability. In this article, we explore what this...

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