As the world increasingly moves to a digital format, cybersecurity is becoming more important than ever. It’s especially significant since, according to a recent survey by Sophos, 51% of businesses in America experienced a ransomware attack in 2020. That’s a staggering number of security vulnerabilities that truly shouldn’t exist in the modern day and age. Yet, it’s relatively understandable.

While business partnerships require trust, security requires verification. In a world where business relies on data security, vendor risk management is mission-critical to financial success. Organizations rely on vendor security assessment questionnaires as part of their due diligence processes. However, manual questionnaire processes are burdensome and time-consuming, so many organizations are turning to automation to reduce operational costs.

Have you ever taken a personal device to work and connected it to the work network? Maybe you connected to the Wi-Fi with a mobile device. Perhaps you brought in a personal laptop and plugged into an open port to connect to the internet. These may seem like harmless activities, and some companies even allow non-corporate devices on their guest network as a way to enable visitors to operate in their environment. In shared office environments, open networks are seen as business enablers.

In this hyperconnected world, where 70% of users continue to work remotely, sharing data in real-time with partners and customers leveraging the flexibility of the cloud is a fundamental aspect for the daily operations of businesses worldwide. In this scenario, the risk of misconfigurations exposing sensitive data continues to be a serious (and frequent) concern.

AT&T Business is all-in on Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as an essential framework for security-driven networking. As the AT&T Cybersecurity team endeavors to help organizations transition to SASE frameworks, it’s picking up accolades not only from valued AT&T customers but also the broader cybersecurity community.

It might be hard to believe that your computer can be hacked, you might have heard people saying I have been hacked and it is a serious threat. People have stored a large number of files containing personal information or sensitive data on their computers and attackers are always looking for ways to get access to them. You may be one of those people who claim, that they have been hacked, but they have no idea what to do next or how to repair the breach.