International Journal On Cyber Situational Awareness (IJCSA)
ISSN: (Print) 2057-2182 ISSN: (Online) 2633-495X
DOI: 10.22619/IJCSA
Published Semi-annually. Est. 2014
Editor-in-Chief:
Dr Cyril Onwubiko, Director – Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain & Cyber Security, Research Series, London, UK; IEEE DVP
Associate Editors:
Professor Frank Wang, Professor of Future Computing, Chair IEEE Computer Society, UK&RI, School of Computing, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Professor Karen Renaud, Professor of Cyber Security, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Keep Calm and Carry on with Cybersecurity @Home: A Framework for Securing Homeworking IT Environment
Max Hashem Eiza, Romanus Izuchukwu Okeke, John Dempsey, Vinh-Thong Ta
Abstract:
For the first time in modern history, businesses had to suddenly facilitate homeworking for a large proportion, if not all, of their workforce because of COVID-19 pandemic. The fact that employees access sensitive corporate data from non-corporate networks opens the door wide for many cybersecurity risks that could result in data loss, breaches and consequently huge financial loss. Since the move was sudden, most businesses, especially small ones, did not have the time to assess their homeworking cybersecurity requirements. This paper aims to bridge this gap and propose a multi-layered framework that is focused on businesses’ requirements to guide cybersecurity @home activities. The framework can be also beneficial for businesses that currently have homeworking cybersecurity policies to assess their compliance with the framework and enrich it.
Keywords: Cybersecurity; COVID-19 pandemic; Cyber risk awareness; Homeworking; IT Environment.
ISSN: (Print) 2057-2182 (Online) 2633-495X
Volume 5. No. 1
DOI: 10.22619/IJCSA.2020.100131
Date: Jan. 2021
Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Eiza, M.H., Okeke, R.I., Dempsey, J. & Ta, V.T. (2020). Keep Calm and Carry on with Cybersecurity @Home: A Framework for Securing Homeworking IT Environment. International Journal on Cyber Situational Awareness, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp1-25.