June 13, 2023

According to a Digital Defense Report published by Microsoft in 2021, the private industry's support of remote work, in addition to factors introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, has made remote workers a lot more susceptible to the actions of cybercriminals. Per the 2021 Microsoft report, "While most industries made the shift to remote work due to the pandemic, it created new attack surfaces for cybercriminals to take advantage of, such as home devices being used for business purposes."