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“ We all know security is only as good as its weakest link ”
IAN KELLER CUSTOMER SECURITY DIRECTOR , ERICSSON
He notes that , as companies have scrambled to remain operational ( and profitable ) during the crisis , “ Good security practice has gone out the door for the sake of expediency ; freeware tools and weak passwords are being used for remote access to infrastructure .” The subsequent attacks have successfully hit everything from Fortune 500 companies to critical government infrastructure , “ with Hospitals being held to ransom and potentially lethal changes made to the water supply .” These decidedly Tom Clancy-esque , high-profile breaches , Keller adds , “ are just the tip of the iceberg as most breaches are not even reported on .”
Even in the less dramatic setting of the everyday home , Keller notes that many remote workers are even less safe than they think . “ Consider your new home office ,” he says , explaining that even if you ’ re working from a fully-protected corporate laptop “ with all the security bells and whistles ,” most people share their home network with their “ kids and their devices , which typically have a freeware antivirus on it ….. all on the same network . We now have numerous
118 September 2021