Hybrid work means heightened cybersecurity concerns. Why? Because as businesses move away from on-premises operations and their employees regularly access company data in the cloud; practice BYOD; and connect to potentially unstable networks, legacy security controls can no longer overcompensate.
Think of these controls as a rubber band; employees are stretching this rubber band far beyond its originally intended purpose to accommodate a much different range of risks presented by flexible work practices. Although hybrid work enhances collaboration and productivity, it can, and will, force this digital rubber band to snap — creating increased risks for the entire business if it doesn’t upgrade security to match the new hybrid work normal.