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Do you still own your perimeter?

Designing a company network to be secure isn’t that difficult: A firewall here; a DMZ there; some next-generation technologies liberally sprinkled around; and a set of policies to ensure that systems are built securely and operated securely. At which point, you kick back in your chair, and bask in the sea of green that are your security dashboards. Sorry, you’re not allowed to have it that easy, so here’s a pandemic for you to deal with; and by the way, all your staff will now be working from home for the foreseeable future. If your company issues all its staff…
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Why we need policy, even in a crisis

As the scale of the Covid-19 epidemic became clear in the opening months of 2020, governments around the world began considering draconian restrictions on everyday life in order to contain the spread of the virus and ultimately limit the death rate as a result of it. However, in countries with a mature and functioning democracy, this wasn’t just a knee jerk reaction, rather a legislative instrument that balanced the need to protect society with the need to protect individual freedoms. In the main, most western countries appear to have struck an appropriate balance. But what does this look like at…
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