TRENDING healthcare and technology to government and energy . Alongside headline data that the majority experienced an endpoint and IoT security incident over the last 12 months , the top three issues were related to malware ( 78 %), insecure network and remote access ( 61 %) and compromised credentials ( 58 %).
Perhaps more concerning was that over 40 % of respondents ( 43 %) expressed ‘ moderate to unlikely means to discover , identify and respond to unknown , unmanaged or insecure devices accessing network and cloud resources .’
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Scott Gordon , Chief Marketing Officer at Pulse Secure
IT IS CLEAR FROM THIS NEW RESEARCH THAT THE CHALLENGE OF SECURING IOT AND ENDPOINTS HAS ESCALATED CONSIDERABLY AS EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WORK REMOTELY WHILE ORGANIZATIONS TRY TO RAPIDLY ADAPT TO THE SITUATION .
“ It is clear from this new research that the challenge of securing IoT and endpoints has escalated considerably as employees have been forced to work remotely while organizations try to rapidly adapt to the situation ,” said Scott Gordon , Chief Marketing Officer at Pulse Secure .
“ The threat is real and growing . Yet , on a positive note , the survey shows that organizations are investing in key initiatives and adopting Zero Trust elements such as remote access device posture checking and Network Access Control ( NAC ) to address some of these issues .”
The research found that 41 % will implement or advance on-premises device security enforcement ( NAC ), 35 % will advance their remote access devices posture checking and 22 % will advance their IoT device identification and monitoring capabilities .
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