The Myth that Cyber security trainings ensure data protection…

As has been rightly said by the esteemed Yuval Noah Harari for the 21^st century, “data will eclipse both land and machinery as the most important asset”.

In many cases of businesses that have transitioned to Remote or Hybrid Work, hardware such as laptop/ keyboard/ mouse/ screen is provided alongside a good connection, and supplemented by cyber security trainings to protect data.

Let us consider a few points;

(1) an organization, its client’s and its employee’s key asset, i.e., data, is lying across thousands of pieces of partly protected hardware,

(2) individuals, organizations, collectives, corporates and governments are all fighting to retain control of the data,

(3) multiple family members, including children, have access to employees’ hardware,

(4) there is a whole class of cyber criminals targeting this data and if they cannot obtain the data themselves, they simply deny access to the data to its rightful owners until a ransom is paid,

(5) governments will have no choice but to start protecting the data and people’s rights by imposing fearsome penalties, a trend that has already become quite prevalent.

Given (1) what’s at stake and (2) the fact that cyber security trainings are unlikely to protect against a creative and determined attacker with malicious intent and (3) the fact that employees are not the only source of risk in a remote or hybrid environment there is a need for the right kind of hardware, design, controls and policies to be instituted.

The alternative is to “plug and pray”.

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The Myth that Remote Work is the same as Work From Home…

A good way to look would be that ‘Remote or Hybrid Work’ is infrastructure that a company invests.

‘Working from Home’ is how most employees have tended to leverage that infrastructure during the pandemic so as to continue work. Remote Work, however, should not be confused with staying away from the office to deal with the pandemic. It’s a larger (much larger) concept.

A Remote & Hybrid Work Infrastructure supports and enables low-cost presence across multiple cities, states or countries. This presence can be set-up or shifted out, based on where the right market is or where the right customers are or even where the right employees are.

Further, this presence may be through homes or small offices or meeting areas or even simply break-out areas.

The possibilities are endless. Different solutions work for different businesses, companies or promoters.

The common element, however, is that they all rely on a well-designed Remote Work infrastructure.

One which is expertly designed and (1) is driven by revenue and evidence (2) is backed by data and logic and (3) compensates for emotional preferences and preconceived notions.

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