Comments on: Telecommuting security risks http://www.theemailadmin.com/2009/04/telecommuting-security-risks/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: work http://www.theemailadmin.com/2009/04/telecommuting-security-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-11946 work Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:53:54 +0000 http://www.theemailadmin.com/?p=688#comment-11946 I really don't subscribe to the idea that telecommuting is causing a security issue. I believe the issue was more caused by the introduction of laptops in the workplace. A laptop of an employee can easily be stolen from a home or an office. If it has sensitive data on it, that data could fall into the wrong hands. Before telecommuting became popular over the past few years, laptops were out and being stolen, networking security issues were abroad, and security as a whole still is at the top of the list of company issues. In summary, I don't believe telecommuting brings about new issues, it only forces employers to face issues they already have. If security is an excuse, possibly the company would be better suited hiring a security officer to make sure policies are written and data is protected. The can use all the money they save allowing people to telecommute to hire the new guy. :) I really don’t subscribe to the idea that telecommuting is causing a security issue. I believe the issue was more caused by the introduction of laptops in the workplace. A laptop of an employee can easily be stolen from a home or an office. If it has sensitive data on it, that data could fall into the wrong hands. Before telecommuting became popular over the past few years, laptops were out and being stolen, networking security issues were abroad, and security as a whole still is at the top of the list of company issues.

In summary, I don’t believe telecommuting brings about new issues, it only forces employers to face issues they already have. If security is an excuse, possibly the company would be better suited hiring a security officer to make sure policies are written and data is protected. The can use all the money they save allowing people to telecommute to hire the new guy. :)

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