Idealex ' Teleworking And Information Security

• Published date: 27 November 2020
• Subject Matter: Corporate/Commercial Law, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Corporate and Company Law, Employment and Workforce Wellbeing, Operational Impacts and Strategy
• Law Firm: CorralRosales
• Author: Mr Rafael Serrano

Our associate Rafael Serrano has written an article in the Idealex about 'Teleworking and Information Security' due to the large increase in people changing their way of work because of the pandemic. In his article, Serrano analyzes "the risks of telework related to one of the main assets of companies -information- and to provide efficient technical and legal tools to mitigate these risks".

As detailed in the article, it is more difficult for an employer to know how the company's information is handled by staff teleworking since he is not in the same place as his employees. Thus, he must pay greater attention to the protection of the information and labor tools provided. To do this, the employer must take appropriate security measures for this new situation.

"In this sense, information security must comply with three essential parameters: integrity, confidentiality and availability. Integrity implies that the information is correct, and has not been deleted or modified without the authorization of the owner. Confidentiality refers to...