IT teams have had to learn to be dynamic as workforces continue to shift strategies while COVID-19 drags on.

If it feels like you’re constantly revising the draft of your cybersecurity playbook these days, it’s because you probably are.

Executing a thorough cybersecurity approach was hard enough before the pandemic. Then COVID-19 came along and forced all of your employees out of the office and into their homes, likely working on personal devices and home networks that — let’s face it — probably haven’t seen a password change since the initial setup. Now, just as many of us were settling into the work-from-home routine, we’re all of a sudden planning to transition back into the office, depending on your industry and where you are in the world. Trying to come up with reasonable safety measures that also make it easy for people to stay productive wherever they work is no small feat.

As security professionals, it’s our job to help users — including employees, customers, vendors, suppliers and partners — seamlessly access the resources they need to do their jobs, whether that’s on office desktops or on their mobile devices. COVID-19 hasn’t changed any of that, it’s just made it a lot harder.

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