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3 steps to boost your digital safety while working from home
May 25, 2020
As people work from home to stop the spread of coronavirus, they become more vulnerable to digital attacks and scams. Hackers may try to exploit your stress response to the COVID-19 crisis. The most powerful defence is your own behaviour and critical thinking. Slowing down and activating your rational mind can help ward off threats.
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is being felt far and wide. For many people, the biggest change to their daily routine has been working from home to help stop the spread of COVID-19. While businesses and communities have pulled together to rise to the challenge, the dramatic disruption has also created new opportunities for hackers and scammers. The lack of a protected office space is not the only problem. Behavioural change, such as the mental strain of adapting to a new and worrying situation, can make it difficult to spot and ward off threats. The good news is that a few simple processes adapted from corporate security protocols can improve your digital safety at home.
Your brain during the crisis
Firstly, be aware that working from home represents much more than a change of location. It involves a profound shift in mindset and behaviour. With teams dispersed, we can no longer just turn to the side to check our thinking with a colleague. Instead, we make more decisions in isolation, and this can make us more vulnerable. We are also becoming more used to interacting with certain contacts only via email, which may raise the risk of impersonation and identity theft.
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