Security News > 2020 > March > Coronavirus Poll Results: Cyberattacks Ramp Up, WFH Prep Uneven
At the same time, a full 40 percent of those companies reported seeing increased cyberattacks as they enable remote working.
Further, 13 percent said they are only ready to move a minority of workforce/students to online platforms; and 5 percent said they're not prepared at all.
A quarter of poll respondents said they're nervous about home Wi-Fi and network security, and personal devices and BYOD was the top weak link for another fifth - these results contradict the low number of respondents who saw outside networks and mobile devices to be security challenges.
In terms of best practices for securing remote footprints, ensuring device security was the top strategy among Threatpost poll respondents, cited by 34 percent.
About 11 percent have provided secured laptops to users; and 5 percent or fewer said they have implemented mandatory antivirus, hardware tokens or mandatory strong passwords.