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Amanulla Khan , Managing Director – Middle East , Turkey and Africa ( META ), Linksys , on work from home trends and how people have been inspired to re-evaluate their home network security .
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered our attitude towards technology , including inspiring people to re-evaluate their home network security . With more people spending a lot more time online for work and education , online security rose to the fore . Parents , in particular , have grown increasingly concerned about their children ’ s online interactions after screen time doubled or even tripled in 2020 .
Additionally , work from home ( WFH ) trends and the requirement to securely connect to corporate assets also compelled many to bolster their home security . While businesses have generally managed to set up robust security perimeters to protect corporate assets , home Wi-Fi networks remain vulnerable due to a legacy of poor IoT security practices . Attackers can easily exploit security vulnerabilities in home networks or leverage default credentials that remain unchanged to access corporate apps .
Routers such as the Linksys Velop Whole Home Intelligent Mesh Wi-Fi 6 range comes with wireless WPA2 encryption and a stateful packet inspection ( SPI ) firewall . WPA2 uses AES encryption and long passwords to create a secured network ( that ’ s
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