Many organisations have been considering a network transformation initiative to support the adoption of SaaS, cloud-based applications, and an increasingly remote workforce. Given the connectivity needs of a remote workforce – and knowing a hybrid workforce is here to stay – many IT teams have had to make sudden changes in the way workers connect to corporate systems that could introduce new cyber risks and vulnerabilities.
When developing a security strategy for supporting a hybrid workforce, it is essential to identify risks, as well as any potential blind spots. As CISOs embark on their transformational journeys, identifying these areas of weakness should be the top priority. Keeping business data safe everywhere is crucial to enabling employees to work anywhere. However, enforcing the same policies consistently from the endpoint, network, web, and cloud requires a new approach.
Cloud dominance
For instance, cloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations continue to be a concern, particularly as the demand for more cloud integration has increased. This has led to CISOs shifting how they approach protecting the corporate perimeter with additional controls and monitoring tools being used to scan any access to the network. Security leaders are beginning to understand that legacy detection tools that would have traditionally been used for data centres, do not extend to the cloud which is why a shift in strategy is required. As a result, identifying and remediating cloud system vulnerabilities and misconfiguration errors is a top priority for the modern CISO when protecting the remote workforce.
Security landscape requires adaptation
Keeping up with security threat landscape is another area in which CISOs have had to adapt. Hackers have evolved in their tactics to evade detection while using techniques that require less effort and reap a higher reward. Their end re ..
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