DEFENDING THE DISTRIBUTED ENTERPRISE AGAINST TOMORROW'S CYBERSECURITY THREATS

With advanced hardware and software safeguards, CDW and HP are giving businesses the security tools to protect hybrid work environments.

HYBRID WORK IS SET TO BECOME THE STANDARD operating model. But as companies adopt this structure, many are making their operations more vulnerable to cybercrime. Today, hackers are exploiting the remote work environment and targeting a growing range of online touchpoints. According to the HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report: 1H 2021, these attacks are only becoming more sophisticated and well-organized.

Remote work has brought to light major holes in companies’ cybersecurity—holes that are only growing as hybrid work becomes the norm, according to leading IT solutions and services provider CDW. Whether employees are connecting their work devices to their home networks, utilizing public Wi-Fi, or logging onto work platforms from their personal phones, system entries are weak.