When the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, many companies sent their workers home to get their jobs done there. To remain productive, many employees turned to their personal devices and home networks. This meant that they were working outside their company’s security perimeter using whatever apps they could to stay productive. Many of these online platforms and services were never built to be secure at the enterprise level (online productivity apps, collaboration apps, etc.).
This dispersed and somewhat chaotic environment introduced an enlarged attack surface that companies were unprepared to protect. Unsurprisingly, cybercriminals immediately swooped in to take advantage.
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