The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about many changes and disruptions in cybersecurity. Organizations globally shifted to remote work scenarios to enable their employees to work from the comfort of their homes. Since this was a sudden decision, many organizations lacked resources to ensure security while users were operating from locations across the world. These redefined security perimeters provided leeway for bad actors to perform cyberattacks.

The hybrid workforce model is a novel workplace trend that provides employees the freedom to work from their homes while occasionally reporting to their offices. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations all over the world were forced to adopt remote working, or work-from-home, as the new norm. However, as organizations are gradually beginning to accommodate employees in their office spaces, a blended workplace model has become indispensable.

Zero Trust…it’s probably one of the biggest IT buzzwords in the last decade. While it seems that every vendor claims to be an enforcer of zero trust, there is value behind the concept if you can cut through the marketing haze. One of the greatest areas of value is around enabling hybrid work for employees. Remote work and hybrid work have extended the corporate world to every home, and user device. The workforce must access wherever they are, from whatever device is in front of them.