Security News > 2021 > June > Cyberattacks target the anywhere workforce, legacy security systems can’t provide protection

The report explores the impact of cyberattacks and breaches on organizations and details how security teams are adapting to these challenges.

Following a year that saw accelerated digital transformation along with an anywhere workforce, security teams now face evolving cybersecurity threats as cybercriminals seized the opportunity to execute targeted attacks exploiting fast-tracked innovation and remote work.

Close to 80 percent of organizations surveyed experienced cyberattacks due to more employees working from home, highlighting the vulnerabilities in legacy security technology and postures.

"Legacy security systems are no longer sufficient, organizations need protection that extends beyond endpoints to workloads to better secure data and applications. As attacker sophistication and security threats become more prevalent than ever, it's time to empower defenders to detect and stop attacks and implement security stacks built for a cloud-first world."

Security concerns are holding back adoption of AI. The next frontier for business innovation may be artificial intelligence, but 56% of CxOs say that security concerns are holding them back from embracing AI and machine learning.

Key focus areas for the coming year must include improving visibility into all endpoints and workloads, responding to the resurgence of ransomware, delivering security as a distributed service, and adopting an intrinsic approach to cloud-first security.

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