---
id: 8048
title: "COVID-19: Evaluating Security Implications of the Decisions Made to Enable a Remote Workforce"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/covid-19-evaluating-security-implications-of-the-decisions-made-to-enable-a-remote-workforce/"
published_at: "2020-06-23T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["risk-management", "vpn", "remote-work", "podcast", "covid-19", "legacy-systems"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8048"
lang: en
---

# COVID-19: Evaluating Security Implications of the Decisions Made to Enable a Remote Workforce

## Summary

Rushing employees home in spring 2020, companies re-enabled unpatched Windows XP/7/8 machines and exhausted VPN licenses; a look at the security risks created by hasty remote-work decisions.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-06-23T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/covid-19-evaluating-security-implications-of-the-decisions-made-to-enable-a-remote-workforce/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8048