2020 was a year of unprecedented challenge for anyone working in public sector cybersecurity. As well as juggling the usual trials and tribulations that come with working in cybersecurity, it was a year that brought a global pandemic. This meant that almost overnight, employees had to work from home and cybersecurity teams had to do everything in their power to ensure that systems and data remained safe and secure.
With no immediate end in sight to the on-going COVID-19 situation, it looks like homeworking and all the attendant cybersecurity threats that come it will continue for some time. Even if the vaccines work and the world returns to a semblance of normality later in 2021, it looks like the pandemic has changed our working patterns for good – according to a survey by Price Waterhouse Coopers, 83 percent of workers want to work from home at least one day a week and 55 percent of employers anticipate most of their workers will do so long after the pandemic has passed.
What does this mean for cybersecurity in the public sector in 2021 and what can organizations do to improve their security posture?
Increase Cybersecurity Awareness and Best Practices
Clearswift launched research with UK public sector cybersecurity workers in May 2020. The Unknown Threat sought to highlight areas of vulnerability in the public sector and bring to light any areas of poor practices that cybersecurity teams might be unaware of. Although the UK public sector has made great advances in cybersecurity over the past four or five years, the findings in our research were concerning.
There was a widespread lack of awareness of cybersecurity, with al ..
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