Making history: The pandemic, disaster recovery and data protection - Help Net Security

Making history: The pandemic, disaster recovery and data protection - Help Net Security

It was an accomplishment for the ages: within just a couple of days, IT departments hurriedly provided millions of newly homebound employees online access to the data and apps they needed to remain productive.



Some employees were handed laptops as they left the building, while others made do with their own machines. Most connected to their corporate services via VPNs. Other companies harnessed the cloud and software and infrastructure services (SaaS, IaaS).


Bravo, IT! Not only did it all work, businesses and employees both saw the very real benefits of remote life, and that egg is not going back into the shell. Many won’t return to those offices and will continue work from home.


But while immediate access challenges were answered, this was not a long-term solution.


Let’s face it, ..

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