Cyber Defense eMagazine May Edition for 2022

Cyber Security and Cloud Computing in the New Era of
Remote Working
Emerging trends and their security implications
By Enrique Gomez - COO GAT Labs
In my experience there have been, perhaps, three major trends with significant security implications for
corporate data in the last decade.
The first is the increased practice of corporations moving their data to the cloud. This is particularly the
case with enterprises offloading their office environments to cloud-based solutions. The second is the
involvement of more and more state actors in the business of hacking enterprises. This brings an
increased level of sophistication and boldness to the perpetrators, who in most cases act with a sense of
impunity within their own State. The third trend has yet to fully play out, but it’s fair to say that COVID-19
has forever changed the workplace landscape, and far more knowledge workers are likely to work from
home, off the local area network (LAN), in future.
If we look at the movement of the office environment to the cloud, we can see the many advantages it
offers enterprises. Perhaps most notably is its cost (reduced capital spend and labor) and increased
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