If 59% working professionals prefer to work from Home -importance of cyber security increases

 If 59% working professionals prefer to work from Home -importance of cyber security increases 

Survey appearing in Times of India reveals that 59% working professionals said they would prefer to continue working from home, according to a recent survey on employee sentiments on returning to work post-Covid 19 by online counselling platform YourDost. While 70% professionals between the ages of 30 and 35 prefer WFH, 65% managers opted for this as well. In contrast, 50% of leaders and founders said they preferred returning to office.

The survey included approximately 1,000 professionals, predominantly from online businesses such as IT, e-commerce showed 11% were even willing to take a salary cut to work from home permanently, while 28% were willing to quit their jobs if their employers forced them to come back to the office. 

Employee confidence levels in returning to work were influenced by both physical and emotional factors. While 68% said they are afraid of their family contracting Covid from them, 57% had the fear of using public transport and 49% were afraid of contracting Covid themselves. 

WFH point from Cyber Security view point is well covered in my book “ 1 Cyber attack Can Ruin You Forever". You have to be careful with respect to following points :

1 Did you permit employees to use their own devices ? Are they secured ?

Is the laptop or PC being used by him having anti-virus as per your company norms? Is that computer having some personal pirate software loaded on it ?

2 Router can be the weakest link in the configuration. An old router with weak specifications and which password is not being changed frequently can contribute to hacking in a big way and as a result can affect your office computers.

These are some simple examples in which you are prone to get affected by cyber criminals. 

What can be the learning from new book “1 Cyber Attack can Ruin You Forever”?

What can be the learning from new book “1 Cyber Attack can Ruin You Forever”?

According to S K Sethi, the author of this book “Reading this book allows the reader to develop a good understanding across a breadth of cyber security topics including: Cyber Attacks, Cyber Security, Cyber Hackers, Concept of White Hat hackers, Cyber Consultants, Cyber Audit and need to keep good PR relations with Cyber Cell of local police”. The good thing is that emphasis is on case studies with examples from within India as well as abroad .

After understanding “Sethi Concept of IT Budgeting” you will realize the importance of balanced budget allocation in your IT department. Lop sided investment will only create problems for you. When you have taken due care of these aspects that you can hope for Cyber Security. Then only you can expect good workable quote from 10 Insurance Companies of India (who are selling this product).

Book “1 Cyber Attack Will Ruin You Forever” will be available on Amazon

“1 Cyber Attack Will Ruin You Forever” will be available on Amazon

Anxiety level of people goes up when they read news about Cyber Attack or Ransomware. The general impression among computer users is that uploading of 1 or may be 2 anti virous software is sufficient to protect.

The fact is that it is not so. Cyber hackers are working on 24x7 basis, they are more active on weekends or during holidays. Some of them are full timers but some are free lancers who are doing this to earn extra money .Buying data on Dark net and sending lakhs of emails and then looking for the victims is their business.

While writing this book and compiling hundreds of case studies what I found was that they are true entrepreneurs and a are highly motivated. 26 % are working on full basis and the rest are doing it on part time, for adventure, getting a kick and of course to make additional money.

This 407 pages, hard bound book will be available on Amazon as well as Insurance Foundation of India.

About the Book:
There are many instances where Brands & Goodwill built over 20 years has been lost with 1 Cyber Attack. This book is a must for every decision maker like you as it guides you towards the necessity for Cyber Security in an easy to understand language and that too supported with case studies.

Practical tips on building up your IT Team, Focus on detailing of IT Budget (Sethi Concept of lT Budget) are an eye opener for you, which encourage you to avoid imbalanced investment in your IT department. Concepts of Cyber Security, Use of Cyber Consultants, Cyber Audit, protecting your organization from Ransomware attacks, keeping good public relations with Cyber Cell of your local Police are giving totally new dimension to this subject and will be found important for the business or the organization, which you are managing.

About the Author:
As an Author, Trainer and Opinion Maker, S. K. Sethi has been propagating the use of technology in Insurance Industry in the country through NGO, Insurance Foundation of India.

Being a Technologist (B. Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras), MBA from Faculty of Management Studies (University of Delhi), he has rich corporate experience of setting up Manufacturing Projects in the country. Being Founder Director of Ria Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd. he brings the great experience of amalgamation of Technology, Risk Perception, Risk Management and insurance to share with you.

The author is widely covered in print media, electronic media, social media, LinkedIn and regularly participates as a speaker in national and international conferences.