Security

How Cybercrime Has Flourished From the Shift to Remote Work

The full article by Morten Brøgger was originally published in June, 2020 for Tool Box. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced many businesses to quickly find ways to digitize operations and implement mass remote work. However, as companies continue to grapple with keeping high levels of connectivity and productivity, cyberattacks have increased by an estimated 400%. The scramble to provide solutions for employees working remotely created a boom in collaboration platforms.

Data Privacy in 2020

Data breaches are at an all-time high, with all evidence pointing to increased data exposure. Naturally, organizations are turning to employee monitoring, insider threat detection and data loss prevention technologies to protect themselves. There is, however, some concern that these solutions may create a potential conflict with employee and consumer privacy rights. Especially, with the introduction of GDPR, CCPA and other similar laws at various stages of processing, companies around the world are being forced take a closer look at their data governance and privacy policies.

The 7 Best Teramind Alternatives (Features, Pricing, Ratings)

Looking for the best Teramind alternatives? Teramind is a useful monitoring tool to keep track of your employees’ productivity levels and boost their work efficiency. However, it’s not the perfect productivity solution. For starters, its comprehensive feature list can overwhelm novice users. Additionally, as its base plan has a flat 5-user fee per month, it might not suit smaller teams.

7 Best ActivTrak Alternatives (Features, Pricing, Ratings)

Searching for the perfect ActivTrak alternative? ActivTrak is an employee monitoring tool that tracks your team’s productivity easily. However, it isn’t perfect. ActivTrak can be difficult to navigate and set up, and raises some privacy concerns as its Tracking Agent remains invisible to the user. But don’t worry! In this article, we’ll cover 7 great ActivTrak alternatives to help you pick the right tool for your needs.

Remote Work Productivity Survey

In a survey of 500 business decision-makers in the UK on productivity and remote security, we have found that despite little time to prepare, over half (53%) say they’ve seen either an increase or no change in the productivity of office workers since lockdown measures were enacted across the UK in March. Only 13% of business decision-makers reported a significant decrease in productivity, while 25% reported a slight decrease in productivity.

Wire and Copperhead Partner to Deliver a Solution for Secure Communications on Android

San Francisco, California and Toronto, Canada – June 8th, 2020 – Wire, the most secure collaboration platform, today announced a partnership with Copperhead that will enable Android users to use Wire’s secure communication application - including messenger, voice, video, conference calls, and file sharing - in tangent with Copperhead’s secure mobile operating system.

Should You Record An Employee's Screen? (Pros, Cons, Tools)

From cat videos to Netflix shows, there are tons of distractions that an employee faces — especially if they use the internet for work purposes. So to ensure that they’re actually doing the right thing, you might decide to record employee computer screens. But won’t that violate their privacy and land you in legal trouble? In most cases, yes. So should you or should you not spy on your employees’ computer screen? Don’t worry!

5 Best Practices for Protecting Data While Working Remotely

As the Coronavirus disrupted the day-to-day lives of billions of people around the world over the last several months, businesses are in the middle of what Time Magazine describes as the “world’s largest work-from-home experiment.” Practically overnight, many companies were forced to adjust their operations by moving millions of workers out of their offices and into their homes.