Security News > 2020 > April > Cybersecurity pros share insights into their current work situations

"The goal of the survey was to take the pulse of the cybersecurity community as many of their organizations began to shift their employee bases and operations to remote work setups in March and April," said Wesley Simpson, COO of².

96% of respondents' organizations have closed their physical work environments and moved to remote work-from-home policies for employees; nearly half said this was the case for all employees, while 49% indicated that at least some employees are working remotely.

23% said cybersecurity incidents experienced by their organization have increased since transitioning to remote work - with some tracking as many as double the number of incidents.

"COVID-19 hit us with all the necessary ingredients to fuel cybercrime: 100% work from home [WFH] before most organizations were really ready, chaos caused by technical issues plaguing workers not used to WFH, panic and desire to 'know more' and temptation to visit unverified websites in search of up-to-the-minute information, remote workforce technology supported by vendors driven by 'new feature time to market' and NOT security, employees taking over responsibilities for COVID-19 affected co-workers, and uncertainty regarding unexpected communication supposedly coming from their employers."

"Employers now face the prospect of doing what they should have done long before: enact contingency plans for large-scale remote work due to natural or man-made disasters. Enabling remote work also has the benefit of appealing to potential employees when recruitment is a concern."

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