PKI is key to securing a post-Covid remote workforce

Abstract

In just a few short months, the Covid-19 outbreak has dramatically changed the way that global employees work. In a recent IDC survey, respondents said they expect nearly 30% of their workforce will be working from home in 2021, compared to approximately 6% of their workforce prior to the pandemic. 1 With the Covid-19 outbreak, analysts estimate that we have witnessed two years of IT digital transformation in two months, and many of the changes are here to stay. Most organisations were forced to shift employees to remote work in just weeks or even days. The switchover has opened the door to a flood of new security threats. Multifactor authentication, such as PKI certificates and passwords, is the best approach to apply flexible, scalable security to protect networks and their users in today's world, explains Brian Trzupek of DigiCert.