Businesses need to prepare for this development of emerging dark data centers and the abundance of cloud possibilities. They must adapt by reducing reliance on employees being physically in data centers, and implement systems to secure their data in the cloud. Failing to adapt to this new reality could leave organizations unable to pivot quickly when outside infl uences and circumstances demand it. It’s no surprise that the drastic and sudden increase in the remote workforce resulted in employees fi nding and using solutions and devices they need to stay on top of their new situation. These solutions are however not necessarily sanctioned or issued by their IT department – something that organizations often fail to address, according to IDC research. Some popular videoconferencing apps, for example, proved to be unsecure and problematic. This paradigm shift creates new challenges for IT
teams, increases tension between enterprise control and business
units, and exposes businesses to
compliance and privacy risks. Data security decision makers at organizations will need to adapt to this new way of working, while also gaining visibility and control over applications and devices employees are using. It’s now time to reel-in ‘Shadow IT’, and provide sanctioned, cloud-based collaboration services that can be centrally monitored and controlled.
LOCALIZING DATA VIA DATA DISCOVERY AND CLASSIFICATION The tectonic shift to a remote workforce creates a far more complex digital environment where sensitive data can become diffi cult to see. IT teams must contend with ‘data sprawl’ at an enterprise scale, as more workloads move to the cloud, and employees use all kinds of devices to access applications that constantly generate huge amounts of structured and unstructured data. Without a clear view of data – both
at rest and in transit – unseen gaps in security are created, especially as COVID-19 leaves organizations more vulnerable to attack. Through data discovery and classifi cation, data can be located and categorized, and protected. Gaining this clear view enables IT to make better decisions about security in our hyper-connected, remote working world. These eff orts also help organizations meet stiff compliance regulations.
REMOTE ACCESS AND VPN STRATEGIES MUST BE ASSESSED Following the outbreak, the corporate VPN proved to be a bottleneck as many organizations struggled to provide adequate IT access for large numbers of personnel working remotely. Because of this, employees can be inclined to side-step the VPN, which creates security and compliance risks. With two-thirds of organizations committed to
keeping some portion of their employees working remote, according to Gartner, IT teams must assess their current VPN strategy and adapt it to work as a long term solution and not just a temporary band- aid. Cloud access management solutions can provide the same security for access to applications, and can be deployed more rapidly than VPNs. There will always be the possibility of changes happening to society and businesses as a result of drastic events. Organizations need to take heed and arm their IT departments with solutions that can accommodate unexpected shifts in business operations now and for the foreseeable future. And while IT teams don’t have the luxury of being able to shape or predict their environments, they can have a signifi cant positive impact by adapting to their circumstances in smart and creative ways. Thorsten Krüger (pictured left) is VP Sales Data Protection DACH, BLX, CEE, CIS, Russia at Thales.
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