Remote workers may put businesses at risk

Freelance workers have proven to be an extremely useful resource for many small companies in recent years, allowing for specialized expertise to be recruited when needed the most. However, a new research report from security firm Tripwire has found that using such workers, particularly for IT projects, might actually be putting your business in danger of a major security breach. The company set up an experiment which recruited 25 freelancers to create a site for a staged project. Each developer received the same email with the exact same criteria, with 10 contractors eventually chosen to create a finished project -- however when… [Continue Reading]