Security News > 2020 > June > We were already secure enough for mass remote working before COVID-19, boast IT pros

Nearly three-quarters of IT professionals haven't increased their company's security posture during the COVID-19 pandemic - while 90 per cent highlighted remote working as a security risk, according to a survey.

On the bright side, half of those people reckoned that remote working from home has increased productivity across the board while a further third said it was at about the same level as it was pre-coronavirus.

"As C-Level executives continue to embrace the increased productivity of a distributed workforce, they need to consider new approaches to security that rely on automation and secure digital identities," said Sectigo CEO Bill Holtz in a canned statement, omitting to mention that his firm sells automation and secure digital identity tech.

The pandemic had an immediate impact on the IT security industry, according to the Sectigo survey, with 45 per cent of Britons saying they had to postpone planned security initiatives to apply themselves to setting up remote working tech instead. Happily, 53 per cent then reported that employee remote working productivity had increased - though a suspicious mind may wonder whether this is simply autobackslappery.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, 82 per cent said they didn't expect their employers to "Significantly increase" security for corporate data and apps once offices reopen after the pandemic subsides; a finding explained by security already having been beefed up to cope with remote working.

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