FINAL WORD

Edwin Weijdema , Global Technologist , Product Strategy at Veeam , tells us how preparation for the cyberthreats of the future will put your business ahead of competitors and allow you to accelerate your Digital Transformation processes .

more difficult – following the events of 2020 . With so much disarray and widespread changes to working patterns , such as the mass migration to remote working , the job of keeping businesses secure has never been more difficult . Between more sophisticated cybercriminals and immense pressure to ensure governance on compliance , 2021 is already shaping up to be a minefield . And as such , cybersecurity has risen to the top of most organisations ’ agendas .

So , as we have just entered what promises to be a complicated year , here are three cybersecurity resolutions every business should consider in 2021 .

1 . Watch out – ‘ Dark Clouds ’ are on the horizon

Businesses haven ’ t been the only ones accelerating their Digital Transformation – cybercriminals have been hard at it too .

There has been a sharp rise in ‘ Dark Clouds ’ as cybercriminals have migrated to the cloud , often for the same reasons businesses have – cloud allows them to avoid big up-front capital expenses , pay monthly for their shady businesses and scale up only when they need to . Coupled with the ability to access information from anywhere , it ’ s no wonder we ’ re seeing cybercriminals innovate . This ranges from cloud-based caches filled with stolen user data such as email addresses and

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