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organisation on how they can remain
successful and keep their networks secure.
What are the security implications of
the shift in working practices?
Security is a huge concern. Aside from the
practical elements of getting everyone
physically able to work from home in terms
of their desk set-up, this shift in working
model has demanded major changes to the
organisation’s infrastructure. And now many
companies are preparing or already starting
to return some staff to the workplace.
This puts enormous strain on not only
application performance but also on the
entire security posture of the organisation.
Both network performance and application
performance tools will have been deployed
to manage the now predominantly WANbased
or mixed traffic.
As the world grappled with those impacts
and a drastically changing working
model, cyberattackers took advantage
of the situation, while thinly stretched IT
departments were focused on responding to
an unprecedented pandemic. Hackers have
scammed individuals, launched phishing
attacks to get people to click on malicious
links or open infected mail attachments.
With some or all of your workforce operating
from home, this clearly is a concern.
How is Gigamon supporting
companies in the current scenario?
In the present business climate, many
organisations have frozen many, if not all,
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AS THE WORLD
GRAPPLED
WITH THOSE
IMPACTS AND A
DRASTICALLY
CHANGING
WORKING MODEL,
CYBERATTACKERS
TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF THE SITUATION.
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