Securing the remote workforce in the new normal

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the catalyst for accelerated worldwide enterprise digital transformation. It created an unprecedented requirement for increased digital capabilities just to ensure that businesses could continue to operate. The speed at which the virus spread and its impact on the way we had to live and work forced companies to act quickly, in many cases prioritising temporary functionality over security to simply survive. The Covid-19 pandemic has been the catalyst for accelerated worldwide enterprise digital transformation. It created an unprecedented requirement for increased capabilities. Now, with government recommendations making remote working the norm rather than a passing phase and a majority of office workers expressing a preference to continue to work some of the week from home even after the pandemic, the question then arises of how security can meet the demands of the modern workforce, says John Grimm of Entrust.