Even if you are just going to send an email that you have missed, this simple task can put your information and that of your company at risk
With the forced teleworking due to the pandemic and its subsequent permanence in many companies, there are already many workers who carry out their work tasks from home. And although it has allowed greater flexibility and savings in travel, the Internet Security Office (OSI) warns about the dangers of using personal devices for work.
This warning not only affects those who have moved their office home, but also all those who use their personal mobile phones to send a work email in a timely manner. Experts explain that you can compromise your information and that of your company if you use your equipment for both work and personal use. Even if it’s a simple task that you couldn’t get done at work, like finishing editing a document or sending that last-minute email, it can be dangerous. These are some of the main risks highlighted by the OSI:
– If your computer has a virus, it will infect the file, which, when copied to the company’s server, will damage the rest of the files.
– If you use personal email accounts to send work documents, you can get the wrong recipients or even end up receiving spam mail by including it in email forwarding chains.
– Loss of critical information by not having backup copies.
– Reveal confidential information by not using encryption mechanisms to protect it.
How to work with your personal team safely
If you want to use your personal computer to carry out a specific task, the OSI advises that in order to minimize the risks, you should make sure that you have the main security aspects under control:
– Install and update an antivirus.
– Separate personal and work accounts.
– Connect to secure Wi-Fi networks and avoid those for public use.
– Use a firewall to deny malicious or suspicious connections.
– Encrypt the information so that only you can access it.
– Make backup copies so as not to lose information and have a backup version in case you lose the original.
– Make sure external devices or peripherals are safe.
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