Bloomberg Law
March 5, 2020, 6:00 PM UTCUpdated: March 5, 2020, 9:38 PM UTC

Employee Remote Work Amid Coronavirus Risks Security Flaws (1)

Daniel R. Stoller
Daniel R. Stoller
Senior Legal Editor
Sara Merken
Sara Merken
Reporter

Company employees that work from home during the novel coronavirus outbreak must meet data-security requirements or risk regulators’ scrutiny.

The employees may use tools that lack firewalls or tap into public Wi-Fi, creating data-security vulnerabilities, privacy attorneys and security executives said. Many small- and medium-sized companies aren’t prepared for the risk, they said.

The businesses should use coming weeks to harden systems for remote work before the spread of COVID-19, the illness linked to the current outbreak, worsens, said Kirk Nahra, co-chair of Wilmer Hale’s cybersecurity and privacy practice. “This event, unusual as it is, actually is an example of ...

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