A new survey from AT&T found 55% of employees report being targeted by cyber-attacks while working remotely. At the same time, 35% of those surveyed connect their work devices to smart home devices, increasing the risks of an attack. Popular connected home devices include voice assistants (14%), smart speakers (14%), fitness monitors (13%), smart lighting (12%), and smart kitchen appliances (12%). The same report found that one in five employees (20%) say there is no way they could be encouraged to care about cybersecurity risk. These numbers reveal a startling truth often overlooked by the teams engineering the latest cybersecurity solutions. The workers who…
Mark Wilson
A new survey from AT&T found 55% of employees report being targeted by cyber attacks while working remotely. At the same time, 35% of those surveyed connect their work devices to smart home devices, increasing the risks of an attack. Popular connected home devices include voice assistants (14%), smart speakers (14%), fitness monitors (13%), smart lighting (12%), and smart kitchen appliances (12%). The same report found that one in five employees (20%) say there is no way they could be encouraged to care about cybersecurity risk. These numbers reveal a startling truth often overlooked by the teams engineering the latest cybersecurity solutions. The workers…