For many years, business cybersecurity followed a simple philosophy. Man the turrets, hold the perimeter, keep threats outside the network, all those within the walls can be trusted.
Emails, files, customer records, financial information; every business depends upon its systems. Right now, everything is running smoothly and it’s easy to assume it always will. That’s a large assumption.
Broadband is often bought as a utility not a critical business service. The decision-making process is rushed, cost-driven, and is presented as an option that will “probably be fine”. That, it turns out, can be an expensive assumption.
Over the past decade, cloud computing has become the default choice for business IT. A lot of businesses moved their systems online to reduce hardware and energy costs. It also gave them flexibility to create hybrid and remote contracts. For many, that decision has worked splendidly. For others, it created unexpected challenges.