2020 has been tough on every business. Organizations are used to stretching their budgets to fit their security and operational needs, but the pandemic upped the ante by throwing in an immediate shift to remote work that required support. As chaotic as 2020 sometimes felt, 2021 shouldn’t be as disruptive as businesses settle into their next normal. For security teams, this means getting back to basics and effectively managing their people, processes, and technology.
The only thing that appears to be for certain in 2021 is that work from home (WFH) isn’t going anywhere too soon. Google, the proverbial ‘canary in the coal mine’ for workplace trends, recently said that employees wouldn’t be coming back to the office until July 2021. This is a good indicator that most businesses will continue to have employees work remotely until mid-summer at the earliest. This means that businesses must emphasize the protection of their employees even if they are outside of the corporate network and firewall. Organizations should enforce remote security standards, including upgraded router security, to prevent data breaches.