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Take a bow ye in IT and Infosec for pulling off the biggest, baddest save-the-world action in the heat of a pandemic. Because of you, businesses keep running even when there isn't anyone in the building to keep the lights on and the machines patched.
"Most CISOs were focused on getting people remote as quickly as possible using a 'just-get-it-done' approach," says Andrew Turner, Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Among the new duties of leaping tall and varied obstacles was the need for speed in shipping an unprecedented number of devices to just about as many homes. Thinking on your feet was the only way to get things done on the fly. "Some were even chartering flights and shipping laptops to off-shore locations around the world to support operations and critical call-center functions," said Turner. He ticked off many such budget-squeezing, logistic jamming, and disease-defying feats, all of which ranked well above the normal call of duty.
Despite racking up a staggering and unprecedented number of wins in record time, "in the chaos, a lot of best practices likely fell through the cracks," warns Turner.
Oh yes, you could say that. And now it’s all coming back to haunt us.
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Many new issues are arising from those cracks now to threaten companies. And how could they not? Tho ..
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