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Cisco Reports Privacy and Security Concerns Increase in Today’s Remote World
21 Oct, 2020

News Summary:
- Two new global surveys highlight the challenges and opportunities of the accelerated transition to a cloud-first, remote world that demands us to be secure, connected and productive from anywhere.
- IT teams were not fully prepared for the sudden transition to remote work. Secure access and endpoint security continue to be a top challenge in enabling hybrid work environments going forward.
- Consumers and workers voice skepticism around the privacy protections in remote work technologies and the trustworthiness of companies to protect their data as their healthcare, education, work, and social lives move further online.
- 85% of organizations said that cybersecurity is extremely important or more important than before COVID-19
- Secure access is the top cybersecurity challenge faced by the largest proportion of organizations (62%) when supporting remote workers
- One in two respondents said endpoints, including corporate laptops (56%) and personal devices (54%), are a challenge to protect in a remote environment
- 66% of respondents indicated that the COVID-19 situation will result in an increase in cybersecurity investments
- 60% of respondents are concerned about the privacy of remote collaboration tools
- 53% want privacy laws maintained, with little or no exception for pandemic-related data
- 48% feel they are unable to effectively protect their data today, and the main reason is that they can’t figure out what companies are doing with their data
- 56% believe governments should play the primary role in protecting consumer data, and consumers around the world are highly supportive of the privacy laws enacted in their country
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