Nezavisimaya Gazeta reviewed a study by Antonina Levashenko and Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev, researchers at the Gaidar Institute, on the current challenges of the digital economy in the field of personal data. The article “Personal Data: Economic Problems and Legal Regulation” was published in Economic Policy journal. Commenting on the study, Olga Magomedova, researcher at the Gaidar Institute's International Best Practices Analysis Department, confirmed that the increase in data leaks caused by remote work is a global trend
She explained that the issue is related to the decentralization of infrastructure: “Employees are starting to use their personal devices to access corporate information systems, connecting to them through various networks.”
The expert also noted the role of the human factor, in particular, poor password management. “If cybercriminals manage to steal a user's data, which they use to log into their work account and interact with the corporate system, this begins to threaten the entire organization, as well as its customers,” warned Olga Magomedova.
According to the expert, the spread of remote work formats makes leaks more sensitive for society and the economy as a whole. However, completely abandoning remote work is not the solution to the problem. The expert believes that it is more important to “invest in the development of a corporate culture of information security and in new technological solutions to ensure it.”