Covers comprehensive security measures for employees and organizations navigating home-based work. Topics include physical device security, secure video conferencing, home router hardening, data handling policies, and building a security-first culture in remote settings.
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Your Home Office Is Now the Attack Surface In 2023, a single remote employee at MGM Resorts answered a social engineering call from a threat actor impersonating IT support. That one interaction led to a ransomware attack that cost the company over $100 million in losses. The attacker didn'
A Single Home Router Opened the Door to a $4.88M Breach In 2024, IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report pegged the global average breach cost at $4.88 million — the highest ever recorded. A significant chunk of those breaches involved remote workers. That number isn'
In 2023, a single remote employee at MGM Resorts answered a vishing call — a voice phishing attack impersonating an IT help desk worker. That one conversation led to a social engineering breach that cost MGM an estimated $100 million in losses. The attacker didn't exploit some exotic zero-day.
In July 2021, a remote employee at a Florida IT management firm clicked a link that looked like a routine software update. Within hours, the REvil ransomware gang had compromised Kaseya's VSA platform and cascaded the attack to an estimated 1,500 downstream businesses. The initial foothold? A
The Largest Unplanned Security Experiment in History In March 2020, roughly 16 million U.S. knowledge workers shifted to remote work within two weeks. That's not a migration. That's an evacuation. And like any evacuation, people grabbed what they could and ran — personal laptops, home Wi-Fi
Your Home Office Is Now the Weakest Link In 2023, a single remote employee at MGM Resorts answered a social engineering call that led to a ransomware attack costing the company over $100 million in losses. The attacker didn't breach a firewall. They didn't exploit a
