Remote work and the big breaches of 2025: Cause or convenient excuse?

It’s an easy story. People at home, less control, more entry points and therefore more breaches. But the reality is not so transparent. Remote work amplified risk in certain areas, but it seldom created a breach on its own.

When you pull the thread, most major incidents point to a mix of long-standing gaps. Exposed credentials, weak third-party controls, misconfigured cloud services and legacy infrastructure, and yes, human error that was easier to exploit because of remote setups.

For business leaders, the focus shouldn’t be on debating whether remote work is to blame. Instead, hybrid work should be seen as one of several risk multipliers that require targeted, measurable fixes.