Your Consultants & Employees Are Broadcasting Your Company Secrets Every Day

Are your contractors, consultants, and employees adequately protecting your sensitive information and intellectual property when they work from home?

As we have reported before, smart home devices with speakers—Siri, Alexa, Amazon Echo, Google Home, even Ring doorbells and baby monitors—are always on, always listening and, often, recording voices in the home (and home office) without the user’s knowledge.

We are not the only ones pointing this vulnerability out to home-office denizens! Law firm employees and workers with federal security clearance have been warned about the threat to security and privacy posed by these devices. They have been directed to disconnect them during their at-home workday to protect the sensitive information and data they work with. So, how about the people who work for you, your employees, contractors, consultants, freelancers…are they protecting your business’s data like you hope they would? Continue reading “Your Consultants & Employees Are Broadcasting Your Company Secrets Every Day”