Co-op cyber attack: Staff urged to keep cameras on in meetings

[SerendipityJane]

So they weren't already.

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Yup, in 2008, when I was running IT strategy for a very large company, one of the rules we wrote into the IT guide for WFH/remote working was that all attendees should be verified outside of the call. And the team put quite some work into ensuring there were several ways (a camera being the easiest).

As I get older I have less patience for outfits that are authors of their own misfortune. Don't act like it comes as a surprise. (See also pandemic and business continuity disasters.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg72k851dd8o

If an it dept is hinging security on cameras being on in meetings, they’re doing it wrong.

Exactly.

Maybe the OP can explain the security risks and how having a camera on will stop them?

Surely another reason for companies to get employees back into the office, using the same secure system (well, more secure than hundreds of people accessing the company from different systems).