December 16, 2002—UK businesses need more education about the risks associated with staff accessing their corporate networks from home, and have a low awareness of information security procedures for teleworking in general, according to a new survey by Internet security solutions provider SonicWALL.
As reported by Out-law.com, 83% of the 400 companies interviewed in September 2002 have staff who work from home on either regularly or occasionally. In addition, 43% of companies have staff who access the company’s network from home. Among those, 20% have not thought about security specifically for teleworking. The majority said they relied on virus checks or firewalls, while 2% they have no security measures at all.
Based on a report from Out-law.com
