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activity. In fact, we’ve even gotten a taste of P. 14 CRIMINALS ARE STATIONED
it. Going back after that to data tables and
ratios to track the value created by work ON THE PATH
might be perceived as being resistant by
data bureaucrats. I therefore believe that With nearly 8 million French people working remotely,
even if there is no apparent awareness of the which means outside the home, our vulnerability has
centrality of work in creating value, the times multiplied. If there is time to rethink working methods,
we are living in has restored the real meaning then it is above all time to finally apply the basic rules
of work that had been lost.” of digital security. The criminals are back on the (virtual)
In other words, the first supremacy of road between home and work.
presence is to embody the reality of value
creation. To say “this is where it’s happening.” We always forget this fact too easily. Corporate
A manager whose team members are bored cybersecurity is much less at risk from hackers at the
in the real world while enjoying working end of the world and mafias that are watching you from
remotely must be worried. the darkweb than from the employees themselves who
do the work for the companies. It is not necessarily that
these employees have bad intentions.

P. 13 OUR TAKE They are either negligent or simply ill-trained. As a result,
hackers do not need to do the hard work anymore
because security breaches are handed to them on a silver
platter due to the risky behaviour of employees who click
on the wrong links or through poorly-integrated security
Essentially, this case is the negative impression of a well- procedures.
known phenomenon known as the explosion of mobility.
Since the idea is to be able to work anywhere, to decide, This is how they single-handedly summon the malicious
to conduct a meeting from La Défense, at home or on robots that end up supplying huge amounts of data to
the other side of the world, what’s the point of travelling the dark web.
when you go on holiday anyway?
“If there is time to rethink working methods, then
If work is no longer equated with any specific place and it is above all time to finally apply the basic rules of
its associated rituals, holidays, weekends, breaks no digital security,” explains Coralie Lhéritier, cybersecurity
longer have to be based on being far away. That is no specialist in this article in Les Echos. She adds, “Hence
longer the issue. This also coincides with Flygskam, the the need to apply the famous Zero Trust principle of
shame of flying. No, the real issue is the interruption of never trusting anything outside the system and always
experiences. According to the Marxist vulgate, taking verifying everything. This US concept, developed ten
breaks should no longer be considered as a time to years ago, establishes methods and an infrastructure
rebuild one’s work capacity. On the contrary, they should scheme to protect the company’s security.”
be a time for rebuilding one’s power of imagination
and the art of embracing others whether it is through If the security of the company becomes weaker (remote
encounters, sports or other activities. working, mobility, use of a professional computer for
personal use and/or vice versa), security becomes
It’s about rebuilding your potential to change the world. compromised as well. In other words, the risk is
Everything is happening as if time was finally taking up multiplied exponentially.
the challenge as presented by Bruckner and Finkielkraut
in1982 (“Au coin de la rue, l’aventure” -Points Seuil). “We Equally worrying is the fact that a study published by
are all whispering and overwhelmed that our fading Trend MIcro in 27 countries shows that 4 out of 10 PARTAGEZ ....
century no longer allows us to live the adventure (...),” remote workers still access company data via personal
they wrote at that time. Each person notices deep down devices.
in their heart the same generalized bleakness in the Abonner GRATUITEMENT un(e) ami(e) ou un(e) collègue à Principes Actifs, c’est :
destiny of nations as well as in the individuals”. The new rule of the game is quite straightforward.
Criminals are now stationed on this (virtual) path
At the time, it was the end of ideologies that appeared between home and work. - lui faire un petit signe amical et bienveillant (il ou elle recevra l’abonnement de votre part)
to cause dullness to fall on the world. The current - lui faire un joli cadeau
environmental-pandemic disruption is working in
reverse. Even though the situation looks bleak, it gives - se préparer des sujets de conversation en commun
new impetus to great changes even in the private world. - et, qui sait, pourquoi pas de nouveaux projets ?
The adventure is just down the road! (cliquez sur ce lien)

Cécile Viniane
Editor-in-chief of this issue

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