Cybersecurity at Siemens

At this time, millions of people around the world are working from home to avoid contact with the rampant disease Covid-19. However, risks are also lurking within their own four walls. Because computers at home aren’t generally as well protected as those on company premises, hackers are sensing an opportunity. Here’s how you can protect yourself against cyber risks. 

Covid-19 is not only endangering the health of billions of people, but is also – indirectly – threatening the Cybersecurity of many companies and their employees. To reduce the risk of infection, a large part of the workforce has relocated to work from home. From a technological point of view, this creates special cybersecurity risks that need to be minimized. As a matter of fact, the level of Cybersecurity in the home is generally not as high as it is in a company. Furthermore, many employees have turned to performing literally all their activities virtually, hence they’re going to have to digitally transfer more sensitive data from home to keep businesses from grinding to a halt.

In addition, cybercriminals are already hitching a ride on the Covid-19 pandemic and exploiting the situation for their own purposes. They can take advantage of this new situation to gain easier access to secret information or to incapacitate a company’s IT systems and demand a ransom.