If the COVID-19 pandemic hit 15 years ago, think about how many more thousands of small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) would have been forced to shut down.
Technology has made it possible for many SMBs to survive the disruption caused by the pandemic.
Wireless networks have evolved from a “nice-to-have” feature to a mission-critical component of the IT infrastructure. Organizations that depend on mobile devices are equally dependent on Wi-Fi — sometimes more than they are the wired network.
But even organizations that rely primarily on wireless still require a high-performance, back-end wired network.
There has been a lot of focus on the security threats associated with remote workers — and rightfully so. In the Acronis Cyberthreats Report 2020, 31 percent of organizations reported daily cyberattacks, primarily targeting remote workers. The rapid shift to remote work greatly expanded the attack surface, with employees’ devices connecting to corporate resources from outside the network perimeter.
Most endpoint security products only block what’s known to be bad, investigate what is suspicious, and allow what is not known to get through – enabling malware that rapidly morphs to bypass defenses with other unknown traffic.
That’s why a strong defense with proactive intelligence is so important.