The Hidden Cyber Risks of Remote Work Infrastructure

**Executive summary:** This advisory highlights that remote work increases cybersecurity risk by exposing employees to threats such as unsecured home Wi‑Fi, phishing/social engineering, and sensitive data exposure (lost devices, insecure file sharing, shadow IT). It recommends practical mitigations including enabling WPA2/WPA3 and strong router configurations, regular firmware patching, disabling WPS, enforcing MFA and VPNs, applying endpoint protection and disk encryption, strict BYOD and access-revocation policies, monitoring unusual data transfers, and user training and communication protocols to reduce the likelihood and impact of breaches and ransomware incidents.