In 2025, organizations will continue to face identity-based and other cyber threats. The following reminders can help strengthen cybersecurity posture…
As businesses continue to embrace remote work and evolve hybrid work structures, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting the vulnerabilities created by these decentralized environments.
With more corporate employees relying on personal devices, home networks and cloud-based services that may lack adequate security measures, the global cost of some data breaches now average US$4.88m.
Alongside the growing number of attack vectors, insider threats — whether intentional or accidental — can also pose significant risks to organizations.
According to Darren Guccione, CEO and co-founder, Keeper Security, “organizations must be proactive in securing their on-premises and remote digital environments and privileged accounts, to prevent breaches, protect sensitive data and maintain trust with customers.”
Addressing remote-working security challenges
Guccione noted that remote- and hybrid-working environments are here to stay, and with these distributed workforces comes an essential need for a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity.
As organizations face mounting cybersecurity challenges, adopting integrated solutions can significantly enhance security across remote teams. This requires mitigating the risks associated with remote and hybrid work by providing robust privileged access management features, such as role-based access control and Just-In-Time access. These capabilities ensure that sensitive systems and data are accessible only to authorized users, minimizing the risk of unauthorized access.
Adopting technologies such as password and passkey managers, privileged access management software and zero-trust security model can be critical to managing access to sensitive data and minimizing the risk of unauthorized entry across the board.
Also, to effectively protect remote work environments, Guccione is reminding organizations to implement a layered approach that includes:
- Restricting access to critical systems: Ensuring that only authorized personnel can access sensitive data based on their specific roles and only for specific instances.
- Adopting zero trust security models: Verifying every access request, regardless of where it originates.
- Enhancing credential security: Using secure password management tools to ensure passwords are properly stored, rotated, and not reused across systems.
- Ongoing employee education: Regularly training employees to recognize phishing attempts and practice good security hygiene.
- Real-time monitoring: Investing in tools to monitor network activity and immediately address any suspicious behavior patterns.
By leveraging these practices and investing in effective integrated cybersecurity solutions, organizations can reduce their exposure to the most common and damaging threats in remote work environments.
