New research from Datasolutions has found that 30% of Irish office workers feel more vulnerable in terms of cybersecurity when working from home.
The study - conducted by Censuswide and involving over 500 Irish office workers - also found that only half of organisations implemented additional security measures to protect staff working from home.
57% of workers said their company did not provide any specific security training to them for working from home.
54% of office workers surveyed said their company had changed its security strategy to enable staff to work more safely from home since the outbreak of Covid-19.
But today's research also revealed that more than one in ten remote workers had been targeted by cybercriminals whilst working from home.
31% of office workers also said they noticed an increase in cybersecurity threats when homeworking.
Datasolutions also said that 56% of respondents had used more personal devices for work purposes when working from home, while a fifth had shared or stored work documents on their personal devices.
David Keating, Group Security Sales Director at DataSolutions, said that at the moment the only decision that businesses can make with any confidence is that homeworking will be a part of their strategy for the foreseeable future.
"Therefore, they need to have the right infrastructure and technologies in place to enable employees to work from home effectively and, more importantly, securely," Mr Keating said.
Mr Keating cautioned that not only are systems and data at risk, there is also potentially huge implications in terms of cost and reputation for companies who become exposed to cyberattacks.
These type of attacks are more common now as hackers are well aware that people are working by themselves, potentially using unprotected devices and possibly not as alert as they would be in the office, he added.
