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Cisco's Duo Security Report Shows Shift to Remote Work is Accelerating Digital Adoption
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- News Summary: Analysis of millions of corporate users, devices and applications details security consequences
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[{"type":"text","content":"ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- \nNews Summary: \nAnalysis of millions of corporate users, devices and applications details security consequences of massive change in how we work Influx of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) causes 90% spike in out-of-date devices attempting to access business apps Cloud adoption to surpass use of on-premises applications by 2021\nA new report published today from Duo Security at Cisco, the leading multi-factor authentication (MFA) and secure access provider, reveals the unprecedented IT change organizations underwent this year amid a massive shift to remote work, accelerating adoption of cloud technology. The security implications of this transition will reverberate for years to come, as the hybrid workplace demands the workforce to be secure, connected and productive from anywhere.\nThe 2020 Duo Trusted Access Report details how organizations, with a mandate to rapidly transition their entire workforce to remote, turned to remote access technologies such as virtual private networks (VPN) and remote desktop protocol (RDP), among numerous other efforts. As a result, authentication activity to these technologies swelled 60%, helping propel Duo's monthly authentications from 600 million to 900 million per month. A complementary Cisco survey recently found that 96% of organizations made cybersecurity policy changes during the pandemic, with more than half implementing MFA.\nCloud adoption also accelerated. Daily authentications to cloud applications surged 40% during the first few months of the pandemic, the bulk of which came from enterprise and mid-sized organizations looking to ensure secure access to various cloud services. \nAs organizations scrambled to acquire the requisite equipment to support remote work, employees relied on personal or unmanaged devices in the interim. Consequently, blocked access attempts due to out-of-date devices skyrocketed 90% in March. That figure fell precipitously in April, indicating healthier devices and decreased risk of breach due to malware.\n\"As the pandemic began, the priority for many organizations was keeping the lights on and accepting risk in order to accomplish this end,\" said Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO, Duo Security at Cisco. \"Attention has now turned towards lessening risk by implementing a more mature and modern security approach t...