Employees push back on zero trust ambitions
Zero trust may be seen as a great method of securing a company perimeter from both internal and external threats, but to make it a reality, everyone needs to be on board. However, a new report from zero trust segmentation firm Illumio suggests employees are pushing back on the initiative, due to an unwillingness to change and concerns about their …
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IT employees strike the best work-life balance
Workers in the IT industry reportedly enjoy the best work-life balance, career opportunities, compensations and benefits, and highest levels of diversity and inclusion. This is according to a new report from PR agency Reboot Digital, which analyzed data from the company review site Glassdoor, and sorted 17 employment sectors based on work-life balance opportunities. In total, more than 32,000 companies …
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Employees divided on the return to the office
Many remote employees praise their own working model, citing many unique benefits. But office workers say something similar. While workers seem to be divided over the idea of a return to the office, a hybrid working model could be the solution to satisfy everyone, a new report suggests. According to a new paper published by the ADP Research Institute, based on …
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What are the key challenges facing employees when it comes to phishing attacks?
Humans are often described as the weakest link in an organization’s security posture, and we frequently see ‘human error’ as a reason why an attacker has been able to breach an organization’s network. The human error that causes such attacks may be through phishing emails when cybercriminals send large numbers of targeted malicious messages to an employee which are disguised …
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Employees in the dark over the importance of new digital technologies
When it comes to advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) or internet of things (IoT), workers disagree over the extent of their potential impact. This is according to a new report from TeamViewer and the Handelsblatt Research Institute. Polling around 3160 desk workers, 2000 deskless (field) workers and 3650 managers from ten European countries, the two companies found that …
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Managers and employees have very different views on returning to the office
Managers and employees have very different views on returning to the office, a new report from audio solutions provider EPOS suggests. In essence, bosses want employees back in the office post-pandemic and employees want to stay at home or adopt a hybrid model. Polling more than 2,500 respondents from the US, UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong, and Singapore for the …
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IT staff often back down to angry employees, despite security risks
Employees often complain to their colleagues from the IT department over the necessity of installing the latest updates and patches, a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky suggests. The problem is that IT staff often feel pressure to cave into demands. According to Kaspersky, a quarter (25 percent) of UK employees have had a dispute with IT staff about the …
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Businesses still don’t have a handle on securing remote employees
More than a year into the pandemic, businesses are still struggling to secure their remote workers, a new report from Thales claims. The report states that most businesses (82 percent) are still worried about the security risks that come with a distributed workforce. And these worries are not unfounded; almost half (47 percent) have seen an increase in the volume, severity, …
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‘Digital born’ employees are taking over the workplace
People born after technology engulfed all aspects of our lives now make up the majority of the workforce and are driving change that the older generation doesn’t seem to understand. This is according to a new report by software firm Citrix, which claims that Millennials’ and Gen Z’s better understanding of technology could bring in an additional $1.9 trillion in …
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Employees are returning to the office. Make sure they don’t bring bad security habits with them
Covid-19 moved offices remote practically overnight, and most organizations were unprepared – especially when it came to securing their networks. Now as more people get vaccinated and a return to the office is becoming a realistic option, company leaders are navigating both when to bring employees back and how to mitigate risk. While the pandemic created plenty of new opportunities …
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