I recently read a brief article on a Malwarebytes report about the correlation between increased cyberattacks and the rise in working from home. It was a relatively small survey with only 200 IT professionals responding, but it indicated 20% of organizations had experienced a cyberattack related to a remote worker. Another 28% of respondents indicated they were using their personal devices to perform work related tasks more than their work-issued machine.
Across the world, many companies are pushing back the timeframe for their employees to return to work. Some, like Fujitsu, are introducing permanent work from home policies. I feel this creates a new set of challenges for CISOs and security professionals across a range of businesses. If I am honest about my regular work day, I will often NOT connect to the office network via VPN. I interweave business-related tasks with personal ones.