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A strong story to tell: Top ten mistakes by administrators
Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal,
6
(4),
366-372
(2023)
Abstract
The sudden shift to remote working has left businesses at a far higher risk of cyberattacks, largely due to their corporate infrastructure being exposed to new external attack vectors and threats. Although cybercriminals worldwide used the global COVID-19 crisis to spread their wings on an unprecedented scale, there are possibilities and ideas that administrators and regular users can come up with. This paper deep-dives into the top ten mistakes related to remote work security, different situations hackers can create to be able to access the company's information by overusing the situation, and solutions and approaches companies can implement to create a safe workplace. This topic is crucial for all cloud/identity admins, as it showcases problems with identity that can be found in almost every organisation, which most probably will be a part of the IT reality for many years to come.
Keywords: remote work; administrators; network segmentation; misconfigurations; password security; cyberattacks
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Author's Biography
Paula Januszkiewicz is the Founder and CEO of CQURE Inc. and CQURE Academy. She is also Enterprise Mobility MVP, honorable Microsoft Regional Director for CEE and a world-class cyber security expert, consulting with customers all around the world. In 2017, Paula graduated from Harvard Business School. She is a top speaker at conferences including Microsoft Ignite (she was rated No. 1 among 1,100 speakers at a conference with 26,000 attendees), RSA (in 2022 in USA her session was voted as toprated), Black Hat (she has been a regular speaker at Black Hat conferences all around the globe since 2017; in 2019, her presentation was voted best of Black Hat Asia 2019 Briefings), LEAP, Australian Cyber Conference, Hack in Paris and GISEC. Paula is known for her unique stage presence that is always well received among diverse audiences, often gathering thousands of people. Paula has 17 years' experience in the cyber security field, performing penetration tests, architecture consulting, trainings and seminars. Each year before the COVID-19 pandemic she took over 215 flights to provide security services; now she delivers numerous projects online. Paula also creates security awareness programmes for various organisations, including awareness sessions for top management. Paula is a member of the Technical Advisory Board at Royal Bank of Scotland, helping to keep its security at the highest level possible. What is more, Paula has access to the source code of Windows.
