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By this time in 2020, you’re probably well past the panic of pandemic cybersecurity. The “New Normal” isn’t very new anymore and what was once perceived as short term crisis management of security is looking more like a long term solution.
As we look ahead, it’s important to look at what we’ve learned from this situation, as security professionals and how we can apply that to the long road we still have ahead of us.
We have reached out to many Security and Technology professionals from across industries to see the trends of what did and didn’t work about their COVID transition, what they would do differently, and how they’re looking at securing this new predominantly remote workforce in the long term.
Here are some of the biggest things we found:
Not everyone was as prepared as you’d expect
The jump to remote working was, for most, pretty sudden and not without its growing pains. While it may have seemed everyone else knew what they were doing when the pandemic hit, the reality is that only 30% of the practitioners we surveyed stated that they felt their company was “very prepared” for this seismic shift to remote working.
In addition to that finding, 60% of the practitioners surveyed noted that the employees at their respective organizations required some level of additional training around security and remote working. Adapting to securing extended remote working is a process, being proactive about making sure people know how to navigate safely isn’t a bad thing
Even if you weren’t as prepared as you would’ve liked in the face of the abrupt shift to remote wo