One of the primary reasons for the “negligent insiders” is due to lack of training. Many employers were justifiably not ready for all of their employees to be away from the office. Working from home also reduces face-to-face time with supervisors and reduces opportunities to collaborate with others. In a recent survey, almost half of employees working from home reported that they had received no training at all from their employer about security best practices while working remotely. Organizations should invest in remote work training to help educate their employees on security practices from home. They should also create clear policies and directions to help employees understand basic security protocols, and a clear channel of communication to get help with approved solutions for file sharing, collaboration, and other remote work challenges. If employees feel the need to set up their own solutions or use free services to share work files, sensitive data may be exposed to a greater risk of disclosure. It is also advised to employ a service that is capable of monitoring and endpoints, including laptops and remote access servers, for security threats. The team at the Binary Defense Security Operations Center has highly trained analysts to monitor, detect, and contain threats every second of every minute of every day.

Source: https://threatpost.com/work-from-home-opens-new-remote-insider-threats/156841/