COVID-19, Changing The Game Of IT Security For Remote Working

The majority of IT security is traditionally focused on securing the corporate network at the perimeter and core. The new reality of working remotely due to COVID-19 means the game has changed. Hackers are less interested in bypassing corporate firewalls now they know they can attack the endpoints much more easily and gain access that way. In addition, now that all the users are outside of the network, disrupting a company’s ability to work is as simple as filling up all their available bandwidth at the data center.

This white paper looks at this changing dynamic and suggests some measures to effectively counter this risk. After all, during this time of constrained economic activity, the last thing a company needs is a lengthy downtime or data leakage caused by a security incident.