Business Resiliency and Security
As COVID-19 continued to spread, Governments announced lockdowns in response, and companies had to allow employees to work from home. As there was a drastic increase in workforces joining company networks from home, attackers likely ramped up their efforts to take advantage of the inadequate or loose security posture of the WFH environment. The rush to move to work from home environment left security loopholes and made businesses vulnerable. Employees using home network and public internet services to access their official resources added another set of security challenge.
Security leaders from different industry verticals and DSCI came together in this challenging time for sharing experiences, learning, and best practices. In the series of several calls since the lockdown was announced, CISOs discussed their challenges, shared solutions and techniques they adopted, reflected on immediate problems, debated ideas, and put together strategies for addressing the long-term issues. In a couple of calls, CISOs also interacted with government authorities responsible for national cybersecurity.