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    Work from home: How Corporate India is securing itself from cyber attacks

    Companies are now scrambling for security experts to bolster defences as global hackers see an enormous opportunity in virtual workplaces.

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    Many loose ends were left open as companies scrambled to set up work-from-home infra at short notice.

    Just a few days into lockdown 1.0, Prateek Mishra got a call from the human resources (HR) and tech teams of his Gurgaon-based analytics firm, which works for global clients, including banks and insurance companies. The HR updated him on the best practices of work from home, and the latter, without much by way of explanation, blocked VPN access and disabled office tasks and apps from his machine.Mishra, among the top 10% performers on the
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