More and more companies are putting their vital applications on the internet or the to benefit from the agility and ability to access them anywhere. However, this shift also changes their cyber threat exposure and the way they keep their business secure.
Peter Maquera, Globe Business SVP for Enterprise Group, noted that cyberattacks are getting more sophisticated. Thus, while companies have to protect their network, they also have to ensure that their employees working from home will not fall victim to such attacks.
“Yesterday’s cybersecurity business model was like a castle surrounded by a typical wall where you’d have the citizens and the systems within. What’s happened with the pandemic and the work-from-home setup is that all those people who used to be within the walls have left, and even the systems are now outside the walls. So, how you protect your business has totally changed,” he said.
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Citing the , Maquera said about 90% of the BPO workforce were forced to work from home when the pandemic happened, compelling companies to look for ways to protect them from everywhere. On the other hand, criminal syndicates work overtime and make money teaching how to do phishing attacks, ransomware, or steal personal data.
