Security News > 2021 > September > Corporate attack surface exploding as a result of remote work

The data is drawn from a study of more than 1,300 security leaders, business executives and remote employees conducted by Forrester Consulting.

From cloud services and applications to personal devices and remote access tools, the corporate attack surface exploded in record time.

80% of security and business leaders said their organizations are more exposed to risk as a result of remote work.

Corporate attack surface expansion largely driven by three factors Enabling a workforce without boundaries: Over half of remote workers access customer data using a personal device, yet 71% of security leaders lack high or complete visibility into remote employee home networks.

Migrating to the cloud: 80% of security and business leaders believe moving business-critical functions to the cloud elevated their risk; 62% of organizations suffered business-impacting attacks involving cloud assets.

"Remote and hybrid work strategies are here to stay and so will the risks they introduce unless organizations get a handle on what their new attack surface looks like," said Amit Yoran, CEO, Tenable.

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