The recent shift to a more flexible work environment has greatly impacted how companies, both large and small, stay connected and productive. This creates more unsecured network endpoints, which makes organizations more vulnerable to attack, but it also means an uptick in the use of remote work solutions.
Many organizations may think that they are adequately protected; they have increased their security strategies enough to keep up with the rise in cyber threats and the need for better security for these endpoints. It’s important to recognize that even as organizations were ramping up their information security policies and tools, security threats have grown exponentially in their complexity as well.
When you partner this information with the fact that home connections aren’t as secure, it makes it much easier for malicious actors to gain entry into your company’s network. Plus, these collaborative remote work applications and other online tools often have the bare minimum security settings, which creates additional vulnerabilities for companies where remote work happens, even occasionally.
With new and added risks, plus different tools and unsecured endpoints, proactive Cyber Security strategies are more important than ever.