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Report reveals infrastructures at risk from expanded attack surfaces
A report from Zscaler reveals corporate and cloud infrastructures are more at risk than ever from expanded attack surfaces .
Zscaler , a leader in cloud security , has announced the release of Exposed , the industry ’ s first global report on the state of corporate attack surfaces . Based on data sourced between February 2020 and April 2021 , the report provides a firstever look at the impact of attack surface exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic .
In the report , Zscaler notes that as businesses began offering more remote work options , their attack surfaces grew concurrently with their dispersed workforce . Coupled with increased reliance on public cloud services and vulnerable enterprise VPNs , large organizations not using zero trust security became more vulnerable to network intrusion attacks .
Exposed identifies the most common attack surface trends by geography and company size while spotlighting the industries most vulnerable to public cloud exposure , malware , ransomware and data breaches .
“ The sheer amount of information that is being shared today is concerning because it is all essentially an attack surface ,” said Nathan Howe , Vice President , Emerging Technology at Zscaler .
“ Anything that can be accessed can be exploited by unauthorized or malicious users , creating new risks for businesses that don ’ t have complete awareness and control of their network exposure . Our goal with this report is to provide a view of what the
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