Over the past 18 months , the world has undergone a radical experiment with remote and hybrid work due to global lockdowns and social distancing in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic . Now , as many employers are pushing for a return to the office , many of them are being faced with aggressive pushback from workforces that have come to realise over the last year and a half that full-time in-person work is about as outdated as fax machines and dial-up internet . As the “ Great Resignation ” looms , businesses are being forced to recognise that a key differentiator when it comes to attracting and retaining top tier talent
( or any talent at all for that matter ) will be a flexible , hybridised approach to work .
However , during the pandemic and going forward into this brave new hybrid world , business leaders are also being forced to contend with the rapidly evolving threat landscape thrown into overdrive by the pandemic . “ The last 18 months have shown us that we are in for going forward ,” explains Ian Keller , director of customer security at Ericsson . “ There has been a dramatic increase , not only in the number of attacks but the number of successful compromises .” These increasingly common security breaches , Keller continues , haven ’ t just been affecting “ small companies with tight
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