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Remote workers are more aware of cybersecurity risks than in-office employees: new study

  • Written by Joseph K. Nwankpa, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Analytics, Miami University
imageRemote workers lack the same institutional cyber protection as their in-office colleagues.Maskot/Getty Images

Workers who telecommute tend to be more aware of cybersecurity threats than those who spend most of their time in a physical office and are more likely to take action to ward them off, according to our new peer-reviewed study.

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