Security News > 2021 > March > Employee Lockdown Stress May Spark Cybersecurity Risk

Stressed-out employees in a remote-working world could be a major contributor to poor cybersecurity postures for companies, according to a survey.

Forcepoint polled 2,000 office workers in Germany and the U.K., to better understand cybersecurity practices among remote workers.

67 percent of employees under 30 said they use shadow IT to help them to perform certain tasks more easily, compared to 27 percent of older workers.

The survey also found that more than two thirds of younger employees have trouble focusing because of their stress level, compared to 29 percent of older workers, and 77 percent said they feel the pressure to be available outside of normal working hours, compared to less than half of older workers.

"Leaders must proactively help employees deal with increased and prolonged levels of stress and anxiety, paired with additional interruptions," she said.

"Burnout is not only a risk for individual employees, but also impacts organizational resilience and personnel resource management needs."

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https://threatpost.com/employee-lockdown-stress-cybersecurity-risk/165050/