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New normal is here to stay – and so are cyber threats

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Cyber-attacks are on the increase: over half of organisations are seeing more attacks and threats now than at the start of 2020.

This is among the results of a new survey from Check Point Software Technologies, identifying organisations’ key cyber-security priorities and challenges through to 2023, and highlighting the changes to their security strategies forced by the Covid-19 pandemic during 2020.

The majority of respondents believe their approach to security will not return to its pre-pandemic state, with just one in five saying that their security operations have returned to what they were.

Key findings from the survey of over 600 IT security professionals globally are:

* Organisations’ biggest security challenges going into 2021: Security for employees working remotely was the leading challenge, followed by preventing phishing and social engineering attacks, maintaining secure remote access, and protecting cloud applications and infrastructure (39%).

* Security priorities for the next two years: The leading priorities through to 2023 is securing remote working, endpoint and mobile security, and securing public or multiple clouds, clearly ahead of issues such as IoT security and email security.

* 2020’s shift in security strategies: Ninety five percent of respondents said their strategies had changed in the second half of the year, the biggest being enabling remote working at scale. Only just over a quarter said they had accelerated existing security projects during 2020, showing that for the majority, their pandemic response involved an unplanned re-invention of their business model.

* The new normal is here to stay: About half of all respondents believed that their approach to security will not return to pre-pandemic norms. While 29% said that they expect a return to pre-Covid operations at some point in the future, and just 20% believed their situation has now returned to what it was.

“The survey shows that a majority of organizations do not expect their current security issues and priorities to change much over the next two years. For many, the rapid changes they made to their networks and security infrastructures in response to the pandemic will be…

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Check Point Software’s Cyber-security Predictions for 2021: Securing the ‘Next Normal’

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SAN CARLOS, Calif., Nov 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) —
Check Point(R) Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cyber-security solutions globally, has released its cyber-security predictions for 2021; detailing the key security challenges that organizations will face over the next year.

Check Point states that the effects of the changes introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be a key focus for organizations’ IT and security teams. 81% of enterpriseshaveadoptedmass remote working for their employees, with 74% planning to enable it permanently. The company is also warning of emerging ransomware and botnet threats, and the challenges of securing new 5G networks and the explosion in connected devices it will power.

“The COVID-19 pandemic derailed business-as-usual for virtually every organization, forcing them to set aside their existing business and strategic plans, and quickly pivot to delivering secure remote connectivity at massive scale for their workforces. Security teams also had to deal with escalating threats to their new cloud deployments, as hackers sought to take advantage of the pandemic’s disruption: 71% of security professionals reported an increase in cyber-threats since lockdowns started,” said Dr. Dorit Dor, Vice President of Products at Check Point Software Technologies.

“One of the few predictable things about cyber-security is that threat actors will always seek to take advantage of major events or changes – such as COVID-19, or the introduction of 5G – for their own gain. To stay ahead of threats, organizations must be proactive and leave no part of their attack surface unprotected or unmonitored, or they risk becoming the next victim of sophisticated, targeted attacks.”

Check Point’s cyber-security predictions for 2021 are broken down into three categories: COVID-19 related developments; malware, privacy and cyber-conflicts; and emerging 5G and IoT platforms.

Pandemic-related developments

— Securing the ‘next normal’: In 2021, Covid-19 will still be impacting our lives, businesses and societies, and those…

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