Kontakt / Contact
Maximilian Moll
Assistenz der Geschäftsführung |
Cyber Awareness Beauftragter
Management Assistance |
Cyber Awareness Officer
MBS Speditionsgesellschaft Köln
maximilian.moll@mbslogistics.com
SECURE IT IN THE HOME OFFICE
MBS FOCUSES ON SECURITY AWARENESS
The Corona pandemic turned four per
cent of employees in Germany in the
home office into one in four. Tendancy
increasing. While employers are still
struggling with occupational health
and safety regulations, Germany has
been facing a much bigger problem for
more than a year: cybercrime in the age
of the home office. Read how MBS also
protects itself in the home office: Through
robust IT security management
with a well thought-out emergency concept
and security awareness training.
The damage caused by cybercrime reaches
new record levels every year,"
says Dariush Ansari, CEO of IT security
specialist Network Box. "The home office
opens doors that were previously
blocked on corporate networks. It only
takes one bona fide employee to access
sensitive data or shut down the entire
corporate network."
Every employee who works from
home uses connections that are often
easier to attack than those on the company
network. The boundaries between
private and business are becoming blurred,
creating the best conditions for fraudulent
e-mails, phishing attempts and an
increase in spam e-mails. With the introduction
of home offices, the boundaries
are shifting, but existing security functionalities
are not shifting with them.
MBS recognized this danger early on
and thinks of digitalisation and IT security
as a single unit. "In addition to the IT
solutions in the company, we have protected
and IT-proofed numerous systems
in the home office and connections to
the company network." says Maximilian
Moll, Awareness Officer at MBS. "In addition
to a robust and risk-based IT security
management with a well thought-out
emergency concept, we rely on security
awareness trainings in cooperation with
our partner Network Box."
Thus, all MBS employees in the home
office will regularly complete online training
courses in eLearning. This includes
the training module "Home Office Awareness".
In various units, the eLearning
course raises awareness of the correct
handling of e-mails, company documents
and people in the household. This includes
the use of cloudbased tools, private
WLAN connections and the recognition
of increased threat situations. With the
help of interactive learning elements,
participants learn more about the perfidious
tricks of cyber criminals and, after
successful participation, know what they
need to pay special attention to in the
home office. Anonymised reports document
the progress and effectiveness of
the training.
"In the pandemic, twelve million professionals
in Germany alone switched to
the home office. This is not a snapshot,
but will become the new normal," says
Ansari. "IT security is not a one-off project,
but a continuous process. Now, at
the latest, it is time to make the home
office IT-secure across the board and not
to save money in the wrong place." ■
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Kontakt / Contact
Dariush Ansari
Geschäftsführer
Network Box
Deutschland GmbH
ansari@network-box.eu
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