The pandemic has made the world of business evolve pretty fast. From remote work to online infrastructure, companies around the world have been scrambling to keep up. The shift has made flexibility a priority, which employees have reveled in for the last year and a half. Unfortunately, that flexibility has some drawbacks, as a new study discovered that the majority of small to mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are having trouble keeping up with the security risks that come with it. Even more so, the research found that 66% find it significantly harder to monitor their online infrastructure now that everyone is working from home. And worse, 25% have left their infrastructure larger unmonitored, which could lead to a serious (and expensive) security breach down the line. As for the least at risk, 29% manufacturing leaders stated that remote work has led to no change in the risk to their infrastructure. Despite the increasingly common occurrence of security breaches, businesses in all industries aren’t doing a lot to protect themselves. 20% of education and retail SMEs leave their infrastructure unmonitored, a highly risky behavior for any business that wants to protect their data. The best ways to secure your data depend on your business, but VPNs, password managers, and remote access software is the best place to start, particularly for teams that are transitioning to remote work. They can help your employees access valuable company information without putting data at risk of breach.
