MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Cybersecurity for a Remote Workforce

Organizations must act quickly to mitigate the cybersecurity risks created by a sudden shift to remote work.

Employees are starting to return to offices as countries begin to ease COVID-19-induced lockdowns and lift stay-at-home orders. But as uncertainty related to the pandemic lingers, many organizations are choosing to maintain semi-remote, virtual workplaces over the next 12 to 18 months — and possibly for good. Facebook is allowing employees to work from home permanently, while Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify announced that it is becoming “digital by default.”

Organizations have rapidly shifted to semi-remote working arrangements and thus they must be equally speedy in mitigating the cyber risks created by the expanded “attack surfaces” that have accompanied the “work anywhere” operating models.

About the Author

Rico Brandenburg (@ricobrandenburg) and Paul Mee (@pauldmee) lead the Oliver Wyman Forum’s cybersecurity initiative and are both partners in Oliver Wyman’s cybersecurity practice.

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