Safe working practices suffer when working remotely

Almost half of employees are less likely to follow safe data practices when working from home according to a new report from email security firm Tessian. While 91 percent of IT leaders trust their staff to follow best security practices when working remotely, over half of employees (52 percent) believe they can get away with riskier behavior when working from home. Half (48 percent) cite 'not being watched by IT' as a reason for not following safe data practices, closely followed by 'being distracted' (47 percent). Additionally, staff report that security policies are a hindrance -- 51 percent say such… [Continue Reading]