{"id":10538,"date":"2021-02-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=10538"},"modified":"2020-11-13T09:19:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:19:27","slug":"security-covid-19-accelerates-cybersecurity-and-cloud-migration-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/security-covid-19-accelerates-cybersecurity-and-cloud-migration-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Security: COVID-19 Accelerates Cybersecurity and Cloud Migration Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transformation of approach towards cybersecurity and the cloud by businesses. It has especially affected businesses with more than 500 employees — in these larger businesses, nearly 75 percent said that they have accelerated their migration plans to the cloud, according to a survey by Centrify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rohan Vaidya<\/a>, Managing Director at CyberArk, said that “with remote working becoming the new normal, it has become a necessity for cybersecurity experts to provide guidance on the threats that pose the maximum risk to organizations and employees as well as ways to tackle them. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Humphries<\/a>, security strategist at Exabeam, said that <\/a>“largely as a result of COVID-19, organizations that had adopted a ‘wait and see’ approach have had no choice but to climb aboard the cloud bus, regardless of their concerns.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flint Brenton<\/a>, President and CEO of Centrify, said that<\/a> “our research shows that enterprises are learning from the pandemic, and that the availability and flexibility gained in the cloud are must-haves in the new reality. This revelation will inform the world\u2019s IT and security decisions long after COVID-19 diminishes in threat level.”<\/p>\n

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The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transformation of approach towards cybersecurity and the cloud by businesses. It has especially affected businesses with more than 500 employees — in these larger businesses, nearly 75 percent said that they have accelerated their…<\/span><\/p>\n

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