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Key Business Lessons Learned from The SolarWinds Hack

By, George Waller, CEO of Strikeforce Technologies

A full year of disruption by the global pandemic has forced businesses to adapt fast to the shifting remote
work realities. This new dynamic, which has employees using their own computers and accessing
company networks everywhere but the office, has created new headaches and threat vectors for security
and IT professionals.

There’s been a massive increase in global cyber attacks aimed at governments and corporations since
the very first days of COVID-19. By now, most are familiar with the high profile SolarWinds case, a global
intrusion campaign that one Microsoft executive called ‘one of the most widespread and complex events
in cybersecurity history.’ The damage caused by the attack was felt by large enterprises and by the
highest echelons of government alike, demonstrating the ease with which seemingly secure software
systems can be hacked.

Keeping internal systems secure while ensuring sensitive data and personal information isn’t breached
has become a key problem that SMBs and larger enterprises are looking to solve. The current business
landscape has created a perfect environment for cybercriminals to flourish, and we are now seeing
hackers and nation-state actors able to conduct much more sophisticated attacks.

As the work from home trend continues, the SolarWinds attack serves as a lesson for businesses, who
should be looking to implement the right types of resources for building secure networks and work
environments that can foster safe communication and collaboration.

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