In a year that presented so many challenges – a global pandemic, social unrest and an economic downturn – one success is worth noting: When cybersecurity professionals were called upon to secure remote environments in a hurry, they stepped up.
As many companies were forced to shift to a work-from-home model because of COVID-19 for most or all employees, cybersecurity teams went to work on securing both these newly created remote environments and existing corporate networks. Data from (ISC)²’s 2020 Cybersecurity Workforce Study shows respondents believe those efforts were largely successful.
Even though 30% of cybersecurity professionals had a deadline of one day or less to transition staff to remote work and secure their environments, 92% of study respondents say their organization was “somewhat” or “very” prepared to respond. Only 18% of respondents saw an increase in security incidents during this time.
“The response to COVID-19 by the community and their ability to help securely migrate entire organizational systems to remote work, almost overnight, has been an unprecedented success and a best-case scenario in a lot of ways,” said (ISC)² CEO Clar Rosso in a press release. “Cybersecurity professionals rose to the challenge and solidified their value to their organizations.”
Welcome Signs
The confidence expressed by cybersecurity workers in the workforce study is a welcome surprise, especially considering reports early in the pandemic that threat actors were stepping up attacks.
That the organizations represented in the study fared as well as they did – at least back in Q2 when the study was conducted – indicates a level of expertise and readiness among cybersecurity teams that wouldn’t have been as evident without t ..
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