The better they are prepared, the more likely they will be successful. Threat actors are ahead of the curve they always have been. How have cybercriminals taken advantage of the recent increase in travel? This often leads to ransomware down the line at the later stage of an attack. With this, threat actors have a foot inside the network, which allows them to move laterally through the networks and scan the network from inside. If threat actors can gain access to your specific device, then they can gain access to your corporate network. And if while you were traveling, your endpoint device was infected with malicious software like viruses, there’s a chance you could infect your corporate network. Endpoints are thus the last stage of a network, making them the most at risk.įor example, if you travel with your laptop, and then you come back to your own environment, your computer, which has been connected to a lot of different devices, is now being brought back to your own network where it’s connected to your own servers, and your own infrastructures. The nature of endpoints is that they connect to different networks, whether that be a hotel, a corporate network, public Wi-Fi, or at a conference. When you travel, you typically carry a device, a computer or smartphone, with you. That includes good practices to ensure that your environment stays clean, especially when traveling. Why is practicing cyber hygiene essential for travelers?Ĭyber hygiene is like personal hygiene, it’s all about having a daily routine. In this Q&A with Jonas Walker, a Security Strategist with Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, he offers his insight into how to stay safe and avoid attacks from threat actors while traveling in today’s cyber world. With expanding travel comes expanding cyber risks, and it is as important as ever for those heading abroad this summer to practice cyber hygiene. This blog was written and published by Fortinet and Jonas Walker | July 05, 2022Īs Covid-19 infection rates shift and countries re-open their borders for tourism, travel in some places has returned at an even higher rate than pre-pandemic.
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