The coronavirus pandemic and security strategies in a company

The pandemic has exposed a situation that could never have been so clearly observed.

The lack of business continuity plan for many companies. Not really accustomed to working remotely, the announcement of remote work, whether for the first time as the second time, inevitably created a situation of panic. Organizations then wonder how to adapt so as not to create enough vulnerabilities and expose themselves to IT. Unfortunately, the shift to generalized remote work has not been smooth.

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"Security actors around the world have seen an explosion in the number of attacks on businesses and individuals in the last six months. This crisis has forced companies to innovate and take risks by moving away from the traditional IS and moving very quickly towards a decentralized AND accessible IS for all and remotely. As a result, the IT teams had to urgently implement the technical and technological developments that were planned in the next 2 to 3 years but which became indispensable overnight for the continuity of the company's activities. Alexandre Delaby, a data security professional at Formind, noted. Indeed, it should be noted that the crisis has acted as a booster in the IT sector. By developing or popularizing several IT solutions. We have seen this in particular with the massive adoption of solutions such as:

– CYOD (Choose Your Own Device),

– COPE (Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled)

– BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) were made possible.