Apps and data once resided in data centers and everyone worked from an office. Your employees connected to internal networks using company-issued laptops or desktops. With a security perimeter, you were able to control data flow and protect critical assets. By managing endpoints, you knew what was stored and used on them.
All that changed with cloud technology and remote work. Today, data goes wherever it’s needed. Workers now expect effortless access to whatever they need from anywhere and on any device. To tap into this boosted productivity, many organizations relaxed their security stance in favor of greater cloud access.
This is a total inverse of cybersecurity as we knew it. The data center and your corporate perimeter are no longer the center of the universe. Instead, users, endpoints, devices and apps are in the middle of the cloud. Consequently, even though your apps and data have left the building, you’re still the gatekeeper and shoulder the responsibility for protecting sensitive corporate data and devices while respecting the privacy of users.
