Network Security for a Hybrid Business World
6 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -In the past year, cybersecurity has risen from primarily an IT concern to a corner office mandate and watercooler conversation piece. The pandemic forced businesses to grapple with the implications of a largescale shift to remote work, with reshaped network architectures, spurring a rethinking of cybersecurity frameworks. Meanwhile, security threats like the $70 million REvil gang ransomware attack have gripped the headlines and put security teams on the spot.
In this podcast series from Comcast Business, we’ll explore the events that have put cybersecurity at the forefront and the tools and technologies that business and IT leaders should be eyeing to address current and future cybersecurity demands.
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Episode 5: Networking and Security in the Fully Hybrid Future
December 15, 2021 21:05 - 18 minutesWe live in a changed world. Advances in technology that were supposed to take years happened in months. Along the way, assumptions and legacy thinking gave way to urgency and a can-do .. no, must-do attitude. But one person’s chaos is another person’s opportunity. Cyber attackers have taken advantage of the disruption, scaling up their attacks against poorly defended end-points that suddenly sat in a living room, not a perimeter-protected, fire-walled corporate office. But a funny thing happ...
Episode 4: Customers, Employees, Partners — How the network is evolving to Serve Them All
December 06, 2021 23:01 - 16 minutesWorking from home used to be a perk. Now it’s a way of life. The way we shop changed so quickly, so thoroughly, that many retailers were caught off guard, and technology in many cases wasn’t ready for the surge. Instead of a company-issued device hooked into a LAN, the network ecosystem became instead a diverse ecosystem of end points, corporate networks, home routers, and VPNs. For security pros, this had the makings of a nightmare. “I think the biggest source of breach is on the user side a...
Episode 3: Crafting a Strategy for Agile and Secure Networks
November 30, 2021 15:35 - 16 minutesThinking strategically is key for success in IT. In 2021, IDG saw a significant jump in the number of CIOs calling themselves “strategic.” These are the CIOs who spend the majority of their time driving business innovation and identifying opportunities for competitive differentiation.[1] And this trajectory is expected to continue throughout the next three years as almost 6 in 10 say they want their focus to be even more strategic. It’s not just IT: 91% of network pros say that their relatio...
Episode 2: What are you doing about ransomware?
November 10, 2021 19:52 - 18 minutesCISOs, CTOs, CIOs, COOs and others are going to be asked: What measures do you have in place in case we get hit with a ransomware attack? That’s because ransomware attacks have increased by nearly 500 per cent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, we’ll help with some answers, and some tactics that can reduce vulnerability, not just for ransomware, but across the threat matrix.
Episode 1: Cybersecurity at the Enterprise Forefront: What’s Different this Time?
November 02, 2021 18:43 - 18 minutesOver the course of a few short weeks in early 2020, business as we know it changed. As lockdowns caused by COVID-19 spread worldwide, organizations scrambled to keep the lights on. Working from home was the only way to keep business rolling. The thing is, connecting and supporting employees from home meant that the traditional perimeter for security — Which had already been eroding under pressure from the work-at-home trend — was now obsolete. “I think when the pandemic hit, focus was on mak...
Trailer: Welcome to Network Security for a Hybrid Business World
October 25, 2021 17:31 - 1 minuteNetwork Security for a Hybrid Business World is a podcast series from Comcast Business and CIO, exploring the events that have put cybersecurity at the forefront and the tools and technologies that business and IT leaders should be eyeing to address current and future cybersecurity demands.