Just in case anyone hadn’t noticed, all but essential services and essential businesses have stopped operating. The Covid episode highlights exactly why cybersecurity and remote access is essential.
Imagine being a Fortune-XX company and having to set up remote work for thousands of employees, essentially overnight.
Think about it: 50,000 employees need remote access within 24 hours.
Nobody was prepared. Mistakes were certainly made – you can’t set that up fast and not make mistakes. There is going to be a very long tail on this. Mistakes will be exploited, and many hours will be spent fixing the security gaps generated by rushing.
When you rush, you make mistakes. We are all human, and it’s our nature. Now we have to find and fix the thousands of small cybersecurity gaps that remote work has caused in the space of a 24 hour rush to get workers productive from home.
The lesson: prepare for this years in advance. I know, easy to say now, and not cheap for large enterprises. But what can a small business do? Move workloads to the cloud (yes, it’s not for everyone), where the cloud offers elasticity and remote connectivity. Secure your cloud. If you do’t know how to secure remote workflows and data, hire a small business consultant like Cyalon to help. It doesn’t take that many hours to get it done for small business. Call us to find out more about how we can help you, the small business owner, secure workflows so any employee can work from anywhere, anytime.
Like it or not, remote work is the future, and it took a national emergency to show us the way. Be prepared, set up secure remote access before you need it.
We can help. Call us at 833-GOT-CYBER to get started. It’s not too late.
