Listen: The importance of reporting eCrime

Companies are leaving themselves vulnerable to eCrime with 53% of staff revealing their employer has failed to adapt their cybersecurity policy to stand up to the additional threats posed by working from home.

On the 22^nd September the government advised office workers who can work effectively from home should do so over the winter. So its alarming that of the 38% who said they had experienced cybersecurity concerns while working from home, more than a fifth admitted they had not alerted their IT team or employer to the issue.

More than half (54%) felt it was unnecessary to report their concerns while others stayed silent out of embarrassment (18%) or because they feared taking action would land them in trouble (20%). Homeworkers’ increased use of email, video conferencing and other connected technologies has heightened anxieties about inadvertently downloading malware that could compromise the security of the data stored on their personal computer and on their company’s server.

Aston spoke to Amanda Adams, eCrime expert at Crowdstrike to discuss this study and the latest developments in the world of cybercrime – from what the latest threats are to who’s behind them and what’s being done to stop them.

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