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Cybersecurity professionals rely on VPNs to secure remote endpoints with an organization's home network.

"It is critical that companies take a proactive stance to security and implement a long-term remote security strategy," continued Prassl.

"The popular narrative that corporate VPNs are trusted and secure couldn't be further from the truth - distributed endpoints are some of the easiest targets for attackers, and gaining entry to a company network is as easy as an employee committing an unintended error."

Adding additional affirmation, one of the criteria for being included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management requires solutions to work independent of VPNs. Prassl added, "This is a strong signal the industry is moving away from tools like VPNs, in favor of more effective processes."

What will replace VPNs? Next, Prassl offered the following examples of current cybersecurity challenges and how to rectify them.

VPNs can be difficult for users as well as IT and cybersecurity departments.

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