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Are plug-in devices the future of remotely operated cybersecurity?
Bernard Montel, EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist at Tenable advises that employing the correct security measures is now more important than ever in a world with an upwardly mobile workforce and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks.
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hen COVID-19 struck, the world was forced to recalibrate business operations, virtually overnight, to support remote and hybrid working. A commissioned
global study, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Tenable, showed that nearly six out of 10 organisations moved to a 100 percent work-from-home model within the first few months of the pandemic. Over two years into the pandemic, 78 percent still have some portion of their employees working from home, and 70 percent say their organisations will have employees working from home one or more days a week within the next 12 to 24 months. Every industry saw changes to the way businesses operated on
a day-to-day basis, and the security community was by no means immune to the effect of COVID-19. As companies sent employees home in droves to work from home offices, desks in bedrooms and kitchen tables, cybersecurity protocols were compromised with bad actors taking the opportunity to slip through the cracks. Te study found that 72% of U.K. organisations attributed recent business- impacting cyberattacks to vulnerabilities in technology put in place during the pandemic, while 68% said that they had suffered attacks that targeted remote workers. Even as the world attempts to return to normality, hybrid working
remains key for hundreds of UK businesses, demonstrating not only a temporary fix but a more permanent adjustment in business culture. What’s more, continuing business operations without the need for travel is now the status quo, which can be challenging for consultants that require physical access to conduct internal audits and vulnerability assessments in client environments. Businesses committed to future-proofing their cybersecurity strategies need an accessible way for vulnerability assessments to be carried out remotely, easily and intuitively.
Hold security in the palm of your hand As cyberattacks continue to target unpatched and unmanaged assets, particularly the scourge of ransomware witnessed in the last 12 months, organisations need a solution that allows them to remotely assess off-site environments for potential weak points or imminent breaches in security. Particularly as finding vulnerabilities quickly and getting to their root cause is important to reduce risk by quickly addressing any newly discovered vector. In tandem, when visibility is key to maintaining a strong and secure internal network, portability
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and flexibility around security solutions can greatly increase effectiveness. Nessus 10.0 is one such security tool. Now available for
deployment on Raspberry Pi devices, the solution can be launched over a Raspberry Pi apparatus to remotely assess offices and off-site environments, and collect insights into vulnerabilities. Security consultants can easily ship these disposable scanners to clients for remote-friendly assessments and such portability allows penetration testers, consultants, security teams and students to deploy the power of Nessus v10.0 anywhere. Portability offers a number of benefits:
• Te work of penetration testers and consultants can see them regularly working with different clients. For them, the ability to easily perform risk assessments at different customer locations with minimal devices to carry is optimal.
• A security analyst or large corporate security team oſten need to be ready to move around a geographically dispersed environment.
• With many organisations now accommodating a dispersed workforce, this makes it even more important to have a vulnerability assessment tool that is easily portable so users can travel seamlessly between clients or environments.
Making cybersecurity accessible for all A forward-thinking executive will understand that cybersecurity
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