On top of near-permanent load shedding preventing many South Africans from working at home as often as they would like, growing incidents of cybercrime and insecure home networks are now also posing a big risk to work-from-home and hybrid work models.
The group said that work from anywhere is likely here to stay, and the benefits could be great, but it stressed that cyber security needs to be a top priority as a result. This has driven companies to invest and develop their cybersecurity footprint. 94% of companies surveyed expect an increase in their security budget to accommodate WFA policies.
We have guidelines on how to strengthen our home networks. 🙌🏻
You could create a fake company wifi at many companies in SA too. Most users won’t even know they are on the wrong wifi. This means working from the office could be as insecure as working from some random wifi isn’t it?