{"id":792,"date":"2024-12-18T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/?p=792"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:34:07","slug":"cybersecurity-challenge-analysis-of-work-from-anywhere-wfa-and-recommendations-guided-by-a-user-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/2024\/cybersecurity-challenge-analysis-of-work-from-anywhere-wfa-and-recommendations-guided-by-a-user-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Challenge Analysis of Work-from-Anywhere (WFA) and Recommendations guided by a User Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Cybersecurity Challenge Analysis of Work-from-Anywhere (WFA) and Recommendations guided by a User Study\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many organizations were forced to quickly transition to the work-from-anywhere (WFA) model to continue their operations and remain in business despite the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many decisions were made in a rush, and cybersecurity decency tools were not in place to support this transition. This project aims to evaluate the cybersecurity awareness and readiness of organizations and their employees when they switch from on-site to remote work. Furthermore, this project aims to provide valuable insights that can help organizations and individuals take proactive steps to protect themselves and their employees from cybersecurity threats by identifying knowledge gaps, assessing employee behavior, evaluating security policies, identifying areas for improvement, and promoting best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/WFA.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/WFA.png 519w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/WFA-160x124.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/WFA-240x186.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/WFA-400x310.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/WFA-360x279.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mohammed Mahyoub, Ashraf Matrawy, Kamal Isleem, and Olakunle Ibitoye, (2023).&nbsp; Cybersecurity Challenge Analysis of Work-from-Anywhere (WFA) and Recommendations guided by a User Study. Under review,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2409.07567\">PDF Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many organizations were forced to quickly transition to the work-from-anywhere (WFA) model to continue their operations and remain in business despite the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many decisions were made in a rush, and cybersecurity decency tools were not in place to support this transition. This project aims to evaluate the cybersecurity awareness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ngn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}