Assessing your cyber readiness every year is vital to ensuring that your network, applications, and systems have the appropriate protections in place. As we flip the calendar ahead into 2022, performing your cyber assessments is a great way to ring in the new year, along with dropping 15 pounds, hitting the gym 3 times a week, and finding true happiness.
Unlike those annual resolutions which recur year after year, there have been some pretty significant changes to most business networks. Two years ago, the pandemic forced businesses to adopt a hybrid work model, where employees worked remotely. These changes were initially viewed as temporary, and while efforts were made to secure connections, few businesses were able to install the type of security measures that protect against a nation-state grade attack.
Today, workers overwhelmingly have stated their preference to continue working from home. Organizations that balked at that idea are seeing their employees resign and find other jobs. Businesses that once viewed remote work as temporary now realize that it is here for the long term. As we head into the new year, IT departments need to holistically assess whether the…
