2021 will overburden already stressed infosec teams

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The year 2020 has given us a contentious U.S. election, a global economic crisis, and most notably a global pandemic. Disinformation has wreaked havoc in our ability to discern fact from truth, ransomware has been delivering ever more serious consequences, and insider leaks continue to validate privacy concerns despite increased adoption of privacy laws across the globe.

According to a recent study published by Webroot, there has been a 40% increase in unsecured RDP-enabled machines because of the dramatic shift to work-from home, and there has been a 2000% increase in malicious files with “Zoom” in their name.

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