Securing a suddenly all-remote contingent of knowledge workers was an ongoing effort over the past couple of years, and the job of tightening up that security posture will continue post-pandemic, according to two enterprise security experts who took part in a session I moderated in the recent Interop virtual event, Future Proofing IT for the Hybrid Workforce.
“A lot of people relaxed a lot of security standards as they pushed the employees out,” said John Cavanaugh, VP and CTO at NetCraftsmen consultancy. Now that much of this workforce may be staying remote, enterprises face the challenge, “How do I deal with the plethora of equipment that’s deployed in people’s homes, and the risks associated with that?”
