Introduction: Endpoint Security Takes Centre Stage
The threat is well known: cyberattacks up 38%,1 64% of business infected by ransomware in a single year,2 the average cost of a data breach ($4.35 million) is at a record high.3
Amid this, the rise of hybrid working adds yet more complexity. For the first time, CIOs and IT teams in businesses of all shapes and sizes must secure a distributed workforce operating outside the protection of the network perimeter.
It is not a challenge they relish. Recent research from HP Wolf Security found that 82% of security leaders operating a hybrid work model have gaps in their organisation’s security posture.4 And 61% believe protecting their hybrid workers will get harder in the year ahead.
In a world where workers can be anywhere, protecting the device – where the user, internet, data and apps meet – becomes imperative. This protection must extend beyond basic antivirus measures, endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools and even secure web gateways (SWGs). Attackers know that enterprises use these tools. They have accounted for them and adapted. That’s why attacks continue to succeed.
It's time for a new approach. One that places the endpoint front and centre of security efforts and addresses the full scope of challenges facing organisations through a layered approach (See the HP on Digital Security video). As this eBook demonstrates, these challenges vary from industry to industry, and businesses will need to deploy security policies and technologies that are tailored to their unique needs.
For some industries, financing will be a consideration as it will help determine whether to purchase technologies as a capital expense (capex) and manage them internally, or as an operational expense (opex) and leverage managed services. Some businesses will need to consider whether there are industry-specific compliance or audit requirements. Others must weigh up the flexibility of their users, and their demands around performance and experience.
This eBook is a reference guide for CIOs in six sectors: healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, transport and business services. Each chapter includes an overview of the key security challenges facing businesses in these sectors and actionable guidance and recommendations for mitigating threats in a way that goes further than network security.
The threat ecosystem is highly challenging, and CIOs are right to be concerned. But as this eBook makes clear, there are ways to stay ahead of the criminals and reduce your risk exposure to a minimum.
1 Security, “Global cyberattacks increased 38% in 2022,” January 2023 https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/98810-global-cyberattacks-increased-38-in-20222 CSO, “New cyberattack tactics rise up as ransomware layouts increase,” February 2023 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3689014/new-cyberattack-tactics-rise-up-as-ransomware-payouts-increase.html3 IBM, “Cost of a data breach 2022,” 2022 https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=cost%20of%20data%20breach4 HOP, “HP Expands the Boundaries for Remote PC Management through HP Wolf Connect,” March 2023 https://press.hp.com/us/en/press-releases/2023/hp-announces-wolf-connect.html
