{"id":111853,"date":"2020-08-18T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853//?p=111853"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:22:44","slug":"ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853//ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Awarded $170K Grant to Explore Cybersecurity Risks Amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

A $170,000 grant award from the National Science Foundation will allow a research team led by Clay Posey, associate professor of management and a cybersecurity expert, to explore the ramifications of home-based work environments on company security./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/n

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. in March, the country/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/u2019s business landscape has rapidly shifted in favor of remote work, with very little time to plan for many companies. Researchers will review how companies moved to secure at-home work environments, examine remote workspaces and assess the overall impact on sensitive organizational information. What Posey/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/u2019s team finds will likely have implications for companies long after COVID-19./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/u201cIn a nutshell, COVID-19 has thrown many things out of whack and prompted rapid decision-making for organizational leaders,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/u201d Posey says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/u201cThis research will be important for executives overseeing employees in non-traditional work environments./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/111853/n