The widespread work from home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing security professionals into work outside their typical infosec duties. A new survey from (ISC)² of 256 cybersecurity professionals finds 81% of respondents, all typically responsible for securing their organizations’ digital assets, say that their job function has changed during the pandemic.
“Organizations all around the world are navigating the current situation by trying to find a balance between making their systems easily accessible to remote employees and making sure that access is as secure as possible. It often falls on cybersecurity professionals to determine how to make both happen simultaneously,” said Wesley Simpson, COO at (ISC)2.
The results paint a picture of a stressed and overwhelmed workforce of security workers who are not only still responsible for risk mitigation, but other more IT-general tasks as well. Almost half, 47%, of respondents said they have been taken off some or all of their typical security duties to assist with other IT-related tasks, such as equipping a mobile workforce. That’s not surprising to Jon Oltsik, a senior principal analyst with ESG and the founder of the firm’s cybersecurity service.
“The what do computer engineers do I’ve spoken with say they are moving people around to support IT and focus on work from home security,” said Oltsik.“They also need to add network security capacity they hadn’t anticipated, requiring network and security engineering.”
“Organizations all around the world are navigating the current situation by trying to find a balance between making their systems easily accessible to remote employees and making sure that access is as secure as possible. It often falls on cybersecurity professionals to determine how to make both happen simultaneously,” said Wesley Simpson, COO at (ISC)2.
The results paint a picture of a stressed and overwhelmed workforce of security workers who are not only still responsible for risk mitigation, but other more IT-general tasks as well. Almost half, 47%, of respondents said they have been taken off some or all of their typical security duties to assist with other IT-related tasks, such as equipping a mobile workforce. That’s not surprising to Jon Oltsik, a senior principal analyst with ESG and the founder of the firm’s cybersecurity service.
“The what do computer engineers do I’ve spoken with say they are moving people around to support IT and focus on work from home security,” said Oltsik.“They also need to add network security capacity they hadn’t anticipated, requiring network and security engineering.”
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