With much of our lives shifting online, experts are warning people and companies to be extra careful about data breaches, especially as cyber attacks involving more people working from home increase.
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“We see different types of cyberattacks, particularly on work from home initiatives,” said Tillman Hodgson, president of Kelowna-based data security company SeekingFire Consulting.
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“Even companies that had robust security frameworks in place may not have recognized that most employees are at home,” he said.
Hodgson recommends keeping devices updated with the latest security patches and using unique accounts and passwords.
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A recent survey by the BC Chamber of Commerce found that more than 60 percent of companies had a cyber attack, but only three quarters reported it.
“When you think of cyber injury, the typical impact you would see is impact on your business productions that have been down for a while and so on,” he said.
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“But it also has an impact on reputation, so there is an incentive to handle things in-house,” Hodgson said. “But in the long run it actually affects everyone.”
Hodgson suggested that companies should spend about four percent of their revenue on fighting security and privacy.
He said companies should take a closer look at how their employees share data and make sure it’s secure.
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