Skybox Security Reports 73% of Executives Concerned Over Distributed Workforce Security Risks

To protect employees from COVID-19, enterprises rapidly shifted to make work from home possible and maintain business productivity. Forced to accelerate digital transformation initiatives, this created the perfect storm. Skybox Research Lab discovered that 2020 will be a record-breaking year for new vulnerabilities with a 34% increase year-over-year – a leading indicator for the growth of future attacks. To protect employees from COVID-19, enterprises rapidly shifted to make work from home...

To protect employees from COVID-19, enterprises rapidly shifted to make work from home possible and maintain business productivity. Forced to accelerate digital transformation initiatives, this created the perfect storm. Skybox Research Lab discovered that 2020 will be a record-breaking year for new vulnerabilities with a 34% increase year-over-year – a leading indicator for the growth of future attacks.

As a result, security teams now have more to protect than ever before. Surveying 295 global executives, the Skybox 2020 "Cybersecurity in the new normal" report found that organizations are overconfident in their security posture, and new strategies are needed to secure a long-term distributed workforce.

Key observations

"Traditional detect-and-respond approaches are no longer enough. A radical new approach is needed – one that is rooted in the development of preventative and prescriptive vulnerability and threat management practices," said Gidi Cohen, co-founder and CEO, Skybox Security. "To advance change, it is integral that everything, including data and talent, is working towards enriching the security program as a whole."

To download the full report, visit: https://www.skyboxsecurity.com/security-transformation/

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