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Companies play cybersecurity catch-up in hybrid work settings
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Technicians check the readiness of computers and internet networks at the 2016 National Games (PON) media center at The Trans Luxury Hotel in Bandung, West Java, on Sept. 15, 2016. (Antara/Hermanus Prihatna)
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ven with most coronavirus pandemic restrictions lifted, employees in workplaces across Indonesia have come to expect some degree of working from home (WFH), and while cybersecurity was often an afterthought, experts say that needs to change, and fast.
Prama Bajaj, vice president of global marketing and strategy at CloudSEK, an India-based IT security firm, said WFH often compromised security due to how people shared devices and accessed collaboration tools like Zoom and Google Meet.
“A very important factor is that the IT or the security teams were not ready. […] COVID-19 happened all of a sudden, and people were not ready for such things to take place and to manage that. So, it had to be done at a fast pace, and maybe it could not be done to the extent that it should have been,” said Bajaj.
Many companies have applied certain security measures to accommodate WFH, but Hillstone Networks engineer Ary Kustirin said the traditional authentication with a username and password was becoming obsolete as it was getting easier to breach.
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“Now, there is a solution called zero-trust network access (ZTNA), where we can work from anywhere [safely], because the authentication requires our device to be completely secure,” Ary told The Jakarta Post on Sept. 6.
ZTNA requires every device to be compliant with certain parameters, such as having the latest security patches installed in the operating system and using a secure connection, before a worker can gain remote access to company servers, elaborated Ary.
