Remote Work Study: How Cyber Habits at Home Threaten Corporate Network Security
June 03 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
77% of Remote Employees Use Unmanaged Personal
Devices to Access Corporate Systems
A new survey from CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) found that
work-from-home habits – including password re-use and letting
family members use corporate devices – are putting critical
business systems and sensitive data at risk.
The survey, which aimed to gauge the current state of security
in today’s expanded remote work environment, found that:
- 77% of remote employees are using unmanaged, insecure “BYOD”
devices to access corporate systems
- 66% of employees have adopted communication and collaboration
tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, which have recently reported
security vulnerabilities
Convenience Often Outweighs Security – Especially For Working
Parents
The study found that the risks to corporate security become even
higher when it comes to working parents. As this group had to
quickly and simultaneously transform into full-time teachers,
caregivers and playmates, it’s no surprise good cybersecurity
practices aren’t always top of mind when it comes to working from
home.
- 93% have reused passwords across applications and devices
- 29% admitted that they allow other members of their household
to use their corporate devices for activities like schoolwork,
gaming and shopping
- 37% insecurely save passwords in browsers on their corporate
devices
Are Current Work from Home Security Policies Enough?
While 94% of IT teams are confident in their ability to secure
the new remote workforce, 40% have not increased their security
protocols despite the significant change in the way employees
connect to corporate systems and the addition of new productivity
applications.
The rush to onboard new applications and services that enable
remote work, combined with insecure connections and dangerous
security practices of employees, has significantly widened the
attack surface and security strategies need to be updated to match
this new dynamic threat landscape. This is especially true when it
comes to securing privileged credentials of remote workers, which
if compromised, could open the door to an organization’s most
critical systems and resources.
“The security posture of organizations continues to be tested as
many remote employees face daunting challenges balancing
productivity and security across their professional and personal
workspaces,” said Marianne Budnik, CMO, CyberArk. “As more
organizations extend work-from-home policies for the long term,
it’s important to capture lessons learned from the initial phases
of remote work and shape future cybersecurity strategies that don’t
require employees to make tradeoffs that could put their company at
risk.”
About the Survey The CyberArk Remote Work survey was
conducted in late April 2020 by an independent research agency. The
study included responses from 3,000 remote office workers and IT
professionals in the United States, UK, France and Germany.
About CyberArk CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) is the global
leader in privileged access management, a critical layer of IT
security to protect data, infrastructure and assets across cloud
and hybrid environments and throughout the DevOps pipeline.
CyberArk delivers the industry’s most complete solution to reduce
risk created by privileged credentials and secrets. The company is
trusted by the world’s leading organizations, including more than
50 percent of the Fortune 500, to protect against external
attackers and malicious insiders. A global company, CyberArk is
headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel, with U.S. headquarters
located in Newton, Mass. The company also has offices throughout
the Americas, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Japan. To learn more about
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