COVID’s silver lining: The race to cloud-based cybersecurity quickens
May 16, 2021 – Article posted on SiliconANGLE
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. businesses are preparing to reopen in the wake of an experience that will permanently change the way they secure systems and workforces. The tools and practices they adopt will ultimately make them stronger, experts believe, but the transition period will be fraught with risk, given unprecedented changes in the workforce.
In the same way that COVID-19 accelerated cloud migration and digital transformation initiatives that had been bubbling under the surface for some time, the crisis has also prompted organizations to pick up the pace in overhauling security practices for the age of the cloud. Despite notable recent events such as the ransomware attack on a major U.S. fuel pipeline and the SolarWinds Worldwide LLC breach, organizations are moving quickly to a new crop of promising cloud-based defenses.
However, cloud-based protections are relatively new and still developing. A recent survey found that two-thirds of executives said process issues are hampering their use of new technology and nearly 90% said IAM isn’t functional enough for their needs.
There’s also the issue of managing expectations as organizations make the transition away from policies that granted logged-on employees wide latitude to a more granular set of restrictions. “When you connected to the network a year ago, you had access to everything. Now my role might limit my access,” said Joe Leonard, chief technology officer at GuidePoint Security LLC. “That changes our culture and how we work.”
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