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As Modern Mobile Enables Remote Work, It Also Demands Security
2020-12-03 15:18

Smartphones, tablets, collaboration apps and other modern framework tools are critical to maintaining productivity remotely, but they also demand an integrated security strategy purpose-built for mobile devices.

At the same time, mobile phishing attacks against consumer and enterprise users spiked across all geographies and industries.

Enterprises need to train and educate all employees about what mobile phishing attacks look like and the best practices on how to avoid falling for them.

As much as we like Chromebook OS for secure, remote learning, Chromebooks are a modern endpoint device facing the same human-based security challenges as any other type of devices.

Many organizations turned to VPNs when shifting to remote work, but that leaves a number of security gaps, including the fact that many of us don't use VPNs when using our mobile devices.


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https://threatpost.com/mobile-remote-work-security/161842/