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Cybersecurity experts told how to protect yourself when working from home


After the World Health Organization (WHO) officially recognized the outbreak of COVID-2019 as a pandemic, many employers offered their employees to switch to remote work. Experts in the field of information security explained what risks exist when working from home and how to protect yourself from hackers.

Check Point Software Technologies specialists noted that employees feel more relaxed at home, especially when it comes to cybersecurity. This disadvantage can be exploited by hackers, who carry out attacks in order to gain access to personal or corporate data.

Employees can protect themselves from such attacks by following certain rules. First, strong passwords should be created. However, it is important to use different combinations for different accounts.

Also, cybersecurity experts recommend employees to be careful about emails. Since emails can be sent by hackers, they need to carefully study the information about the sender. This will make sure that the person is communicating with a colleague. According to experts, domains associated with coronavirus are 50 percent more likely to be malicious.

In addition, it should be remembered that a corporate laptop is not recommended for use in games or watching videos. This creates a security risk.

Experts do not advise company management to save money and provide devices for employees working from home so that they do not use personal devices.

If a person has to work on their own computer or laptop, then first he should consult with the corporate IT team. Also, employees need to protect home Wi-Fi with a more complex password to access the Network.

Timurbulat Sultangaliev, head of information security consulting company AT Consulting, said that for safe work from home, it is important to provide data encryption, antiviruses, firewalls, restrict access to the system to unauthorized users, monitor security and vulnerabilities, and provide multi-factor authentication.


source https://www.ehackingnews.com/2020/03/cybersecurity-experts-told-how-to.html
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