Security leaders are facing growing pressures in today’s rapidly evolving cyber landscape. The rise in remote work means that many organizations are managing a complex web of in-person, online, and hybrid work scenarios while also juggling cloud migration to support their diversified workforce. There’s also the increase in the sheer volume of cyber attacks to contend with; between July 2020 and June 2021, there was a 1,070% increase in ransomware attacks alone.[1]
For Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), this has created a variety of new challenges to contend with. Based on our conversations with security leaders, Microsoft has identified the top three focus areas that CISOs are prioritizing today so you can understand what steps your organization should take to guard against ongoing cybersecurity threats.
- Rapidly-shifting threat landscape and attack vectors
Organizations’ attack surfaces grow alongside the rise of the remote and hybrid workforces, stretching to span across multiple clouds and platforms. However, the new technologies that are required to facilitate stronger remote collaboration and productivity have also opened up…
