Outsourcing Security Overcomes Covid-19 Pandemic Challenges

No organization wants to suffer a security incident or make headlines due to a data breach. Hackers can steal confidential company data or take down everything from critical systems to the whole enterprise. However, in recent years new threats and increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals have made it more difficult than ever to maintain an adequate defense. Now, enterprise IT professionals are being hit with a one-two punch. On top of growing threats, they must also support employees—or in some cases an entire company—displaced by fears of contracting Covid-19 in the workplace or commuting on public transportation. 

It seems that almost overnight the current global pandemic has essentially transformed many organizations into virtual enterprises. From Silicon Valley to the valleys of New York’s financial district, many headquarters buildings stand vacant as employees work from home. Even when the pandemic abates, many of these workers may never return to working on-site on a full-time basis. Which means protecting remote employees’ devices and the networks that connect them will, for the foreseeable future, continue to present huge hurdles for IT leaders and cybersecurity professionals. 

In addition, as more companies strive for digital transformation, there is simply more data to steal and more systems to attack. IT organizations also continue to move core business compute functions from the conventional data center to cloud and multi-cloud environments. And as data and computing moves to the edge, the proliferation of mobile and IoT devices make protecting endpoints a more daunting task.