Matt Cauthorn

Enterprises have been experimenting with work from home policies for years. Unfortunately, that experiment suddenly became the default this spring as local and state governments across the U.S. issued “stay at home” orders, leaving tens of millions of employees working from home for the first time. According to the CSO Pandemic Impact Survey, the number of employees working at least 60 percent of the time from home has increased five-fold since the institution of social and work restrictions.

When cybersecurity professionals talk about the CIA, we don’t mean the intelligence agency operating out of Langley. In the world of information security, “CIA” stands for the triad of values that security analysts, CISOs, and everyone in between are responsible for upholding: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. When cybersecurity professionals talk about the CIA, we don’t mean the intelligence agency operating out of Langley.

Have you ever read a news article about a data breach from a major company and thought "they did a great job handling that situation and communicating it to their affected customers and the public?" Probably not.