{"id":7658,"date":"2023-03-08T22:38:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cadena.com.co\/?p=7658"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:37:24","slug":"teleworking-without-cyber-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cadena.com.co\/en\/teleworking-without-cyber-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Teleworking without cyber risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7658\" class=\"elementor elementor-7658\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ee8765f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ee8765f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b49fd2\" data-id=\"5b49fd2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7870cdf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7870cdf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column entradillasBlog\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Would you leave your front door open while you work in a room? No, they could rob him, right? But surely, you would connect to a public WiFi to send a corporate file. Both actions are risky, and even telecommuting without good cybersecurity practices could leave your company&#8217;s door wide open.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cyberattacks are among the ten most serious threats on the planet,\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marsh.com\/mx\/insights\/research\/global-risks-report-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">according to the World Economic Forum&#8217;s 2020 Risk Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . And even, cybercrime generates annual profits of 600,000 million dollars and is more profitable than drug trafficking, which moves about 400,000 million dollars a year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">These realities give great value to information as a profitable asset that must be protected, aligned with the sustainable strategy and understood as part of the corporate culture.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column recuadros brseguridad\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This is how cyberattacks affect organizations<\/span><\/h4><ul><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">40% interrupt operations.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">39% cause loss or compromise sensitive data.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">32% affect the quality of the product.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">29% damage physical assets.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">22% harm the staff.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">SOURCE: Global State of Information Security 2018<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter how much technology and controls you have if your human team doesn&#8217;t make good use of them,&#8221; says Lida Mar\u00eda Montoya, IT manager at Cadena SA, a company that started remote work a week before the quarantine was decreed, with a strategy gradual for 200 employees, and that today it has 420 people who work from home.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8220;The crash plan required us to ensure, in record time, that all the computers had antivirus updates, VPN installations and were inventoried, at the time the company left,&#8221; explains Juan Carlos Lujan Duque, Director of Information Security in Chain SA<\/span><\/p><div class=\"destacados der\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Due to recent security problems, Zoom was banned from North American schools and entities. The company implemented reliability defaults.<\/span><\/div><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">For their part, spokespersons for Bancolombia, which has 19,500 employees working from home, highlight that the remote work plan included a &#8220;donation&#8221; or obtaining thousands of laptops among all areas in order to send the largest number of employees to telework possible, which required setting up the security equipment to facilitate the remote monitoring of data in real time, as was done at the bank&#8217;s facilities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Among others, untimely teleworking required companies to have signed, as part of labor contracts, commitments to good use and compliance with safety recommendations and manuals, to have technological control and monitoring attachments, and mobility supports.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The support of the internal communication and human management units has also been key to sensitizing the human team about cybersecurity situations that may arise and the possibilities of dealing with them, how to use the devices correctly and have safe behaviors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">But beyond that, understanding how cybercriminals think and act makes it possible to implement and socialize good data protection practices in terms of being thoughtful when receiving, opening, and sharing information.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-hacker-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-hacker-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-hacker-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-hacker-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-hacker-1536x713.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-hacker-2048x951.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1189\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column recuadros brseguridad\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Internet criminal tricks<\/span><\/h4><ul><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">They build trust, create attractive relationships or contacts to access information.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">They take advantage of emotional ties to a loved one who needs help.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">They exploit fear, anguish and uncertainty at the possibility of losing access to valuable information.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">They blackmail the victims.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Corporate teleculture changed offices and business corridors for\u00a0 \u00a0telephone\u00a0 <\/span><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">chats , <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">extranets<\/span><\/em><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , video calls, and virtual channels that keep people together and almost inside the office. Today, standing aside is not possible, but it is possible to share the screen, see each other talk and make decisions.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-clave-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-clave-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-clave-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-clave-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-clave-1536x713.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staffwww.cadena.com.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ciberseguridad-teletrabajo-clave-2048x951.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1189\" \/><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"vc_custom_heading\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This is how a person protects himself on the internet<\/span><\/h2><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><ol><li><ol><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Make regular backup copies on external or corporate media.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Close work sessions and apps when you&#8217;re not using them.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Use double or triple factor authentication to make financial transactions.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Work in spaces where there is no risk of losing information due to equipment damage, this includes moving away from food.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Avoid sending files with corporate information through unofficial means such as WhatsApp, Dropbox, Wetransfer or free domain emails, among others.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Do not connect to unknown networks or USB ports.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Do not install applications that do not come from reliable sources, from official stores or that require permissions to access confidential information (agenda, geolocation, contacts, etc.).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Keep the operating system of the equipment up to date.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Do not lend your company devices to your family.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"vc_custom_heading\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">This is how companies protect themselves on the network<\/span><\/h2><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><ol><li><ol><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Activate multifactor authentication in email accounts and tools (access to systems after two or more proofs of identity).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Before enabling services on the Internet, evaluate that contingency actions do not affect data security.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Update the operating system on all devices with the latest security patches released by the manufacturer.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Install and keep antivirus software from a reputable manufacturer up to date.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Deploy storage solutions like corporate Onedrive and Google Drive to store collaborator files.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Permanently monitor the infrastructure of the services used by employees who work from home in order to analyze possible unauthorized actions. Generate backup policies to avoid information loss.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Implement encryption policies on computers, servers, and transactional tools to protect information.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Use comprehensive and centralized protection tools for devices.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">In the event of device loss, configure security measures to protect corporate information (location, screen lock, remote data wipe, and monitoring of running applications).<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column recuadros brseguridad\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Report cyberattacks or fraud attempts like this:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If you are a citizen <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/caivirtual.policia.gov.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">caivirtual.policia.gov.co <\/span><\/a><br \/><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If you are a public entity <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:csirtgob@mintic.gov.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">csirtgob@mintic.gov.co <\/span><\/a><br \/><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">If you are a private company <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:contacto@colcert.gov.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">contacto@colcert.gov.co<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column recuadros brseguridad\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you leave your front door open while you work in a room? 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