With each new communication platform or system comes a variety of security risks. A survey by Abnormal and Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) captured responses from IT and cybersecurity professionals about how their organizations are responding to the emerging threat vectors created by the rise of cloud-based communication and collaboration applications.
According to the survey results, 47% of respondents are currently using six to ten communication and collaboration tools at once, with video conferencing ranking as the most used tool (80%), followed by email (77%) and messaging (71%).