20 April 2021 Mitigating security risks when returning to the office Chester Wisniewski, principal research scientist at Sophos, discusses how IT teams can mitigate security risks when returning to the office There are many measures for security personnel to consider to ensure security upon return to the office. It’s over a year ago that companies all over the globe kickstarted an unprecedented mission to shift their organisations online and become fully-remote. Caught by surprise, IT departments scrambled to ensure staff were accommodated to work from home for the foreseeable, inevitably leading to a lot of security concerns. Are our VPNs up-to-scratch? How do we ensure everyone completes mandatory software updates while away from the office? And for those who have managed to survive the year without being subject to any serious security threats, these teams now face a brand new challenge as the UK prepares to return its workforce back to the office.