Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 55 | Page 50

TRENDING “ GAINING FULL VISIBILITY OVER DEVICES, WHETHER THEY BE PERMANENT OR BYOD, IT OR OT IS A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR ANY CYBERSECURITY PRACTICE. any other time as the world grapples with COVID-19. The sudden shift to remote working and the need for organisations to create access from home to corporate networks means that virtual private network (VPN) use has also increased. Many office application and employees everywh those working in govern and critical infrastructure to corporate and operat gives organisations no c VPNs to secure the path users to a corporate netw end encrypted tunnel. The problem is that a VP enable security rather th toolkit. It doesn’t carry f anti-malware or complia so should not be seen as approach to cybersecuri VPN serves as a fast lane corporate networks whic protection, could lead to disastrous consequence a bigger threat than wh How important is ne for securing IT–OT e Incredibly important. Ga over devices, whether th 26 INTELLIGENTCIO