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The New Cyber Protection Space = Data Protection + Cybersecurity

What Is Cyber Protection?

Cyber Protection is an IT industry solution category that merges the existing spaces of data protection and cybersecurity, with an objective of securing the safety and resiliency of application and business data, whether in flight or in storage, across hybrid cloud and distributed device environments against a globally connected attack surface.

Dev and Ops. Containers and Cloud Computing

Some things just go great together. We’re on the cusp of another great combination, as the tectonic forces of market dynamics and modern threats are fusing together two well-established information technology sectors: data protection and cybersecurity -- into a bigger, broader category of solutions for Cyber Protection.

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Remote Cybersecurity: Threats and Best Practices While Working From Home

COVID-19 has transformed how companies operate today. With 50 percent to 90 percent of staff working remotely, organizations are now looking at remote work as the new working style in the future. While working remoting has its benefits, one of the biggest challenges it presents is cybersecurity problems. Businesses face remote cybersecurity issues like protection of data, networking challenges, and issues with cloud computing. 

OpenVPN conducted a study recently which showcased that 90 percent of IT professionals believed that remote workers are not secure. Because every remote worker works on a different network, which may not be secured, employee security issues are a major concern. Working from home issues involve working from public networks and personal devices, which possess a multitude of security vulnerabilities.

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What Is Cybersecurity Research Today?

Cybersecurity research has, it seems, two main thrusts. Both of them seem similar at first glance, but one is more lucrative (though not as impactful) while the other has much more impact (but doesn't seem to pull in the cash). Let's give an overview of various cybersecurity careers first, and then segue into what cyber R&D is today.

From a career perspective, you can first split jobs into either offensive or defensive specialties. Now, granted, this is a somewhat artificial delineation. After all, if you work in any corporate cybersecurity department, you've got someone either on staff or on call that can analyze suspected malware or do some post-incident forensics. But generally, offensive folks do things like pen testing and vulnerability analysis while defensive folks implement and monitor cybersecurity controls and policies in organizations. We can include forensics work and malware analysis as defensive fields. They're not a perfect fit, but as they're not focused specifically on attacking systems, let's lump them in with defensive fields.