The boundaries between our work and home lives have never been more blurred. With unsuitable content hiding on mainstream platforms, it is no surprise that downloading inappropriate Not Safe for Work (NSFW) images and video is a very real concern for organisations in a world where work and home devices commonly overlap.
By Open Reality | 23/03/2021
37% of cyber attacks on corporate networks involve weak or stolen passwords. The lesson is that you certainly can’t rely on passwords. And you can’t really rely on traditional two-factor authentication either, as token-based authentication is susceptible to being hacked using simple phishing. MFA is now the way forward for any IT or security professional worth their salt.
By Open Reality | 16/03/2021
The complexity of keeping sensitive data secured continues to grow as unsanctioned ‘shadow applications’ – web-based applications completely invisible to IT security teams – create gaps in even the most well-managed security posture, with every drag, drop and share becoming a source of potential data compromise.
By Open Reality | 08/03/2021
Many of the early challenges faced in migrating users to the new normal of “anywhere working” have been overcome, but as a survey of 300 UK cyber security professionals by our partner Censornet reveals, while 91% of cyber security professionals are confident that their cloud security solutions are effectively protecting people at home, risky remote working behaviour shows a disconnect between the perception of how well protected an organisation is when employees are working remotely and the realities of today’s remote working culture.
By Open Reality | 16/02/2021
By Open Reality | 12/02/2021