The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – an agency within the Department of Homeland Security – has warned that as more companies are allowing their employees to work from home amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the businesses open themselves up to more vulnerabilities that hackers can abuse.
In a recently issued notice, CISA explained that remote work options typically require an enterprise virtual private network (VPN) solution to connect employees to an organization’s IT network. But this can make employees ripe targets for malicious cyber actors looking to gain access to those networks.
CISA outlined some cybersecurity considerations:
The agency also recommended the following measures to mitigate VPN security issues: