Due to the world’s increasing dependency on digitalization and IoT, cyberthreats have grown at an exponential rate over the last decade. In 2010, there were less than 50 million unique malware executables known to the security community; in 2019 the figure reached 900 million. These attack methods have also become increasingly distributed and sophisticated, making it very difficult for businesses stay secure.
The coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated these problematic trends. Many unprepared organizations were forced to become reliant on digital channels. In addition to managing this pivot, enterprise security and IT teams have been tasked with providing remote access for employees as part of the work-from-home shift earlier in 2020. IT professionals found themselves launching new digital platforms while wrestling with the network changes required to support dated, difficult-to-scale VPN infrastructure.