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eISSN: 2582-8185 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Cybersecurity and trade secret theft in remote work environments: Lessons from the COVID-19 era

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Daphne Ekpe *

Intellectual Property and Technology Law, American University, Washington, DC, United States.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(02), 1288–1293
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1116
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1116
 
Received on 28 September 2022; revised on 25 November 2022; accepted on 28 November 2022
 
The increase in remote work occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the protection of trade secrets and the maintenance of good cybersecurity. This means that companies that allow employees to work from distant locations are now more exposed to cyberattacks and attacks because there are many entry points. The most important weaknesses involve insufficient password security, obsolete software and insufficient shielding for endpoints.
Existing laws do not explicitly define how to protect trade secrets in remote work. The provision of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) provides a framework for organizations to ensure reasonable security of their trade secrets. However, the nature of remote jobs will make it harder to comply with many potentially conflicting data protection laws. Addressing this new risk would require the adoption of strong data encryption, secure remote access and regulatory policies for handling data.
 
Remote work; Cybersecurity; Trade secrets and theft; COVID-19; Legal issues
 
https://wjarr.com/sites/default/files/fulltext_pdf/WJARR-2022-1116.pdf

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Daphne Ekpe. Cybersecurity and trade secret theft in remote work environments: Lessons from the COVID-19 era. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(2), 1288-1293. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1116

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