Besides, virtual tools are not always as available or effective as traditional on-premises networks, which can leave your data vulnerable. Criminals will encrypt your data and then sell it back and threaten to use that data in future spam attacks if you don't pay. The workplace has been redefined, and we must start thinking about our ultimate goal: Protect data. Security needs to get to the lowest level, the point of interest to criminals: data needs to become the new perimeter. Our industry needs to figure out how to protect data rather than merely building strong walls around it.

Source: Forbes September 11, 2020 12:00 UTC