Who has never dreamed of a photo of an employee standing against a beautiful landscape on the other side of the world, computer on their knees? In the 2022 version, Epinal’s character as an expatriate telecommuter should not make us forget another reality, let alone encouraging this one: the exploitation of cyber attacks. Faced with this risk, which is well recognized by most IT managers, Reboot Digital PR Services has compiled a map of the worst places to work remotely. In this little game, sunlight rhymes with IT insecurity. The two countries with the worst “cyber threat score” are Indonesia and Cyprus, with a score of 82.8/100 for the risk of cyber attacks. They are closely followed by Malaysia and Vietnam. Bulgaria (77.6/100) has the sad distinction of being the most dangerous country on the old continent in terms of computer attacks.
It should be noted that Singapore, which is known as a very safe country, is on the sixth place in this list. More worryingly, the two main destinations for French emigrants are ranked 9th and 10th, Morocco and Tunisia. Nepal bypasses these countries. Note that Belarus and Russia are in the top 20. However, these countries are veritable havens for phishing and hosting malicious websites. Friendly environment for hackers.
France, average student. Finland at the top
To find France, you need to go down to the 36th position. With a score of 51.7/100, the country is an average student indicating “could do better” to improve its overall computer security. He is really far from the best in the ranking. Less popular than Bali for its beaches, Finland is the safest country in the world for computers, according to this study with a score of 12.6/100. Austria, Norway and Belgium are also in the top ten of the world. Let the sun lovers console themselves, Honduras and in second place on the podium, which is rounded off by Guatemala. South Korea and Japan are also among the best students with 19.8 and 21.8/100 points, respectively.
Remote workers are easy prey for spyware, malware or ransonware specialists. It’s best to choose your destination with IT risk in mind before you leave, as a cyber-attack can put an entire company at risk.
Source: Le Figaro
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