CyberArk State of Remote Work Study: Poor Security Habits Raise Questions About the Future of Remote Work
December 15 2020 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
95% of Employees Want to Continue Remote
Working, 67% Ignore Corporate Security Policies
A new remote workforce study from CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR) found
that the majority of employees feel more productive at home and
want to continue remote work, even after it’s deemed safe to return
to offices. However, poor security practices could force businesses
to reconsider the long-term viability of remote work.
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CyberArk State of Remote Work Survey, Q4
2020 (Graphic: Business Wire)
Remote Work Challenges: Family Disruptions and Zoom
Fatigue
As the pandemic forced more of our in-person lives into virtual
environments, remote workers have had to overcome several
challenges to balance their work and personal lives.
- 78% admitted to having technology issues with connecting to
corporate systems and resources cited as the biggest hurdle.
- 45% of remote employees cite disruption from family and pets as
the biggest challenge of remote work, followed by balancing work
and personal life (43%) and ‘Zoom fatigue’ (34%).
- Despite these challenges, employees also recognize the distinct
benefits of remote work – including saving time on commuting (32%),
being able run errands (24%) and catch up on household chores
between meetings (23%).
Balancing Security, Productivity and Convenience
Sixty-seven percent admit to finding workarounds to corporate
security policies in order to be more productive including sending
work documents to personal email addresses, sharing passwords, and
installing rogue applications. However poor security habits go far
beyond sidestepping a policy or two and more education is not
changing these behaviors. Over half (54%) of the employees surveyed
said they had received remote-work specific security training,
yet:
- 69% of respondents admit to using corporate devices for
personal use.
- 57% of all remote workers admit that they allow other members
of their household to use their corporate devices for activities
like schoolwork, gaming and shopping - a 185% increase from a
similar survey conducted in the spring.
- 82% of all remote workers admit to reusing passwords -- a 12%
increase from the spring.
“The global pandemic has been the largest test yet for the
future of distributed work. Working people have proven incredibly
resilient as they rise to the challenge and overcome the stress and
significant obstacles of blending home and work lives,” said Matt
Cohen, chief operating officer, CyberArk. “As we continue to adapt
to this new way of operating, it’s the responsibility of both
employees and organizations to take responsibility of corporate
security. Organizations should continually reinforce best practices
and implement user-friendly tools and policies while employees need
to understand and be receptive to those policies.”
About the Survey
The CyberArk State of Remote Work Survey was conducted in
October 2020 by an independent research agency. The study included
responses from 2,000 remote office workers 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 CyberArk, visit
https://www.cyberark.com/, read the CyberArk blogs or follow on
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