Companies spent the equivalent of around $15 billion extra a week on technology to enable safe and secure home working during COVID-19. This was one of the biggest surges in technology investment in history – with the world’s IT leaders spending more than their annual budget rise in just three months, as the global crisis hit, and lockdowns began to be enforced.
Read MoreThe evolving threat landscape was ranked as the top driver impacting the information security organization during the next three to five years, according to a recent survey by Gartner. “External risk is top of mind for security and risk management leaders in 2020, yet COVID-19 has proved how rapidly and how drastically such risks can change,” said Jonathan Care, senior research director at Gartner.
Read MoreAccording to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, the total security appliance market delivered solid unit shipment and revenue growth in the second quarter of 2020. Worldwide revenue increased 7.5% year over year in 2Q20 to $4.2 billion. Unit shipments experienced similar growth, increasing 8.0% year over year.
Read MoreAs individuals bring more connected devices into their work environment while increasing the number of days worked from remote locations, many companies may be underinvesting in mobile and remote device security. So says Darrell Laffoon, Chief Technology Officer at Sontiq (www.sontiq.com), a security and identity protection company based in Nottingham, MD.
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