Security News > 2021 > May > The Gig Economy Creates Novel Data-Security Risks

Competitive market analysis is a form of research that's often done by gig workers, Christiansen pointed out.

Aside from the potential for breaking the chain of data custody with unauthorized data sharing, other data-security risks associated with gig workers include the ability for them to fall prey to cyberattacks, since they're often working outside of the company security footprint, he added.

The contract should also include consequences if gig workers don't meet security controls.

"If you see that normally they're working on certain files, and it's intensive where because a gig worker is very focused, but suddenly they're going on- and offline repetitively, that can be because they're working another gig on their computer and they have to sign off our system. So think about the patterns."

There's no capacity to download files or save anything outside of the enterprise-owned central repository, so workers can't share data outside of the organization.

Overall, the idea is to embrace the bold new gig-economy way of working - but it's vital to understand the data risks and danger that comes with the territory.

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