THE RISE OF TELEWORK AND THE STRUGGLE TOWARDS CYBER SECURITY
THE RISE OF TELEWORK AND THE STRUGGLE TOWARDS CYBER SECURITY

Summary/Abstract: Before 2020, telework had been regarded as a privilege of certain people within certain domains of activity. Moreover, it had been perceived as a caprice, given the fact that for themajority of people working implied a workplace which usually was chosen and properlyorganized by the employer. Working from home or from another place according to the desire ofan employee seemed like utopia.The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the transition from the traditional life to a life basedon the use of technology. People had to keep physical distance for sanitary purposes, but at thesame time, communication and daily life activities had to be continued in a suitable manner for preventing illness. When State Governments declared lockdown in the entire world, everybody and everythingwent online. As a result, computers and Internet became the salvation for the humankindconfronted with a challenging virus.In this context, the only thing that mattered was that people could talk to each other, work togetherand sustain the economy and the society in general. As usually, technology was overestimateddue to its advantages and most (probably all) of the risks were neglected. People felt relieved tohave a normal life facilitated by the use of computers and Internet. It is vital to have an income and telework came as a guarantee in this regard. The issue is that while the focus was on thegeneralization of telework, cyber incidents occurred and cyber security was far from being apriority. What was the impact of cyber security incidents related to telework? Which are the main guidelines for ensuring cyber security in telework? These questions are analyzed in the present paper.

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