{"id":40840,"date":"2021-05-12T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/security\/blog\/?p=93424"},"modified":"2021-05-12T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:00:56","slug":"securing-a-new-world-of-hybrid-work-what-to-know-and-what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/securing-a-new-world-of-hybrid-work-what-to-know-and-what-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Securing a new world of hybrid work: What to know and what to do"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cybersecurity landscape has fundamentally changed, as evidenced by large-scale, complex attacks like Nobelium<\/a>, Hafnium, and more recently last week\u2019s Colonial Pipeline attack, which signals that human-operated ransomware is on the rise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hackers launch an average of 50 million password attacks every day\u2014579 per second. Phishing attacks have increased. Firmware attacks are on the rise<\/a>, and ransomware has become incredibly problematic. And while Microsoft intercepted and thwarted a record-breaking 30 billion email threats last year, our work is never done.<\/p>\n

We are now actively tracking 40 plus active nation-state actors and over 140 threat groups representing 20 countries\u2014that number used to be a handful.<\/p>\n

We are also rapidly delivering innovation to meet the needs of a changing landscape and you can read more about our latest product updates for RSA<\/a> in a blog I published today.<\/p>\n

Security continues to be a number one priority for our customers, especially as many companies around the world are looking to transition from remote work to hybrid. To truly meet this challenge, defenders across the industry must come together for an end-to-end, Zero Trust security approach that covers the entire technology ecosystem. Because today, digital transformation cannot happen without security transformation.<\/p>\n

The future of work is hybrid: Here\u2019s what we can do<\/h2>\n

Even as many people start to transition back to the office, we expect a future where hybrid work is the norm. Forrester predicts<\/a> that once people have settled into their new work patterns post-pandemic, we will still see a 300 percent increase in employees working remotely from pre-pandemic levels. According to our own Work Trend Index, The Next Great Disruption is Hybrid Work\u2014Are We Ready?, <\/a>46 percent of people plan to move because they can now work remotely.<\/p>\n

People are working on corporate networks and home networks and moving fluidly between business and personal activity online thanks to technologies intertwined with both aspects of our daily routines. The network is changing with employees\u2019 home networks and devices are now part of the corporate network. What this means for organizations is that the network is suddenly without firm borders.<\/p>\n

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Our own approach<\/h2>\n

My friend and colleague Bret Arsenault, Microsoft\u2019s Chief Information Security Officer, had the mammoth task of transitioning Microsoft and its 160,000 plus employees to remote work in March 2020 and has created our technology plan to transition to hybrid work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bret\u2019s approach to solving this has been to foster a culture where security is everyone\u2019s job. Just today, new guidance went out on a few areas:<\/p>\n