If you’re an IT security leader, this goes without being said – ransomware is the worst. While the Internet continues to unlock new ways for businesses to increase routes to revenue, deliver great employee and customer experiences, and cut costs – cyber thugs have unleashed a slew of ransomware attacks that target legacy network architectures. Thus, these malicious attacks have been elevated to amongst the top of the list of business-level concerns.

As many of you know, I was an early adopter of Zero trust Network Access (ZTNA) while working in my previous role, which led me to work at Axis today. As our contract was coming up for renewal, I did what all IT folks do and went out on the market to see what had changed during our contract period and to see if anything existed that was better.

So, for anyone that has been in IT for the last 10+ years, you will know that the risk of ransomware and cyberattack is not something new. It’s been on our radar as a top concern for many years. The difference now is the prevalence of attacks on large global companies which has raised this security issue all the way to the Board of Directors. A few months ago, when Russia invaded Ukraine, our concerns became something the whole world rather than just IT started to hear about.

The majority of organizations use some kind of VDI environment for remote access today. Whether it’s for their employees looking to access private resources for day to day life, a recent merger or acquisition, or third-party user access. Popular VDI technologies include on-premises VDI solutions like Vmware Horizon, Citrix XenDesktop, or Desktop-as-a-Service options like Amazon Workspaces, and Windows Virtual Desktop.

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The pandemic created a huge shift in the workforce. Users got up from their desks, went home, and decided to stay there. As a result, users, devices, and data are now everywhere. This new way of working causes those of us in networking and security major challenges. The old castle and moat design no longer works and legacy security tools that worked in the past become ineffective in this new reality.