December - JanuaryENTERPRISE SECURITY| | 19CXO INSIGHTSTHE SEEN AND UNSEEN VALUEOF ZERO TRUST ARCHITECTUREThe onset of the pandemic threw nearly every industry for a loop, but few sectors saw the core responsibilities of their work immediately expand and diversify as much as cybersecurity professionals. Vast swaths of the global business community transitioned from primarily in-office workforces to widespread remote workingovernight, leaving cybersecurity units little time to adapt to changing risk profiles. Protecting proprietary data in a remote work environment presents immense challenges for businesses because corporate security platf¬orms have historically depended on employees having access to the company networkat a physical work location. Network-based security perimeters were once quite effective and can even support remote work through virtual private networks, but once a cybercriminal has access to the network, they have access to everything. In today's world By Tim Callahan, SVP and Global Chief Information Security Officer, Aflac Incorporated
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