Despite the disruptive challenges of 2020, the survey reveals that IT teams have adapted to managing end-user experiences in today’s work-from-home paradigm.

As organizations around the world move to the cloud, network perimeters continue to disappear, and more attack surfaces are exposed. Supply chains across all industries become more vulnerable to cybercriminals and nation-state hackers and, therefore, more easily infected.

The top tactics used by these smaller operations to improve processes was to invest in automated solutions and processes (80%) followed by investments in security training and certifications (61%), consolidation of security tools and platforms (61%), replacement of complex security technologies (52%), and outsourcing to service providers to fill security tool gaps (51%).

The increased connectivity promised by 5G brings along increased usage with it, so what does that mean for security and sustainability — the two biggest challenges facing the data center industry?

Overcome security gaps by following these five steps.

Considering the continuously evolving threat landscape, what is the state of the cybersecurity industry today, and what will it be in the future?

In addition to NIST 800-53 compliance, the platform can now test security controls under the U.S. Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CMMC).

As data applications increase and technology advances, organizations are becoming more vulnerable to these attacks and more aware of the need for cyber-risk insurance coverage.

The departing year saw an increase in criminal activity online despite the fact that share of IT budgets dedicated to cybersecurity grew by up to 29%.

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that things don’t always go as planned.