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No one could have foreseen the changes to the workplace that occured over the past year. The need to rapidly switch to remote work environments created pressure for IT teams worldwide, but doing this while keeping their organizations safe and adequately protected was one that many unfortunately overlooked. Seventy percent of Canadian organizations found themselves vulnerable with the exposure of their Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). It is important for companies to ensure their information is secure regardless of where their employees are working. Doing so will help avoid breaches and exposures, allowing companies to do their work safely.
As IT Stands Now
You can expect to see major changes this year. Prisma Clouds’ 2021 Cloud Threat Report and Verizon’s 2021 DBIR Report show how companies have needed to adapt and expand cloud workloads and how this has affected their cybersecurity.
Moving to remote work forced the perimeter of the workplace to expand swiftly and substantially. Companies worked to adapt quickly to ensure their work could be done effectively while their employees’ environments changed. This led to the cloud workloads of organizations growing by 20% from December 2019 to June 2020. With this change many made the mistake of expanding their cloud network without also growing their security, leaving their information vulnerable. Phishing, ransomware, credential theft and web app attacks increased, catching organizations in their vulnerable states. Automated controls can help successfully expand cloud workloads while also preventing breach scenarios.
Security needs to be intentional, not left as an afterthought.
In April to June of 2020 alone, security incidents increased by 188%. External cloud assets were being attacked more than on-premise assets as companies expanded their cloud services — often without security in their plan. Not surprisingly, increasing a cloud network also significantly increases security risks. In their oversight, 35% of businesses made their cloud storage publicly accessible, meaning anyone could access it from the internet. Without having automated security controls in place, companies’ critical infor
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