The internet is everywhere. We’re reliant on our devices for work and for leisure, to connect us to other people, near or far, and to even accomplish our daily tasks. However, it’s an undeniable fact that our safety in this digital space has been compromised. Cyberattacks are becoming a daily threat for businesses all around the world and have grown more complex. According to Accenture, there has been a 67% increase of attacks in the last 5 years, while the cost of these breaches has increased by 72%. Just in the first half of 2020, 36 billion records were exposed due to data breaches, costing businesses and institutions billions of dollars in loss.
In cybersecurity, endpoints are considered the weakest link; these consists of desktops, laptops, phones, and other devices that are connected via the internet. They are often overlooked by businesses but are the prime targets for network penetration attacks. With the complexity of cyberattacks these day, traditional antivirus and anti-malware software can no longer suffice, calling for a more effective and efficient way to keep attacks at bay. Each endpoint is seen as an entry way to your network and if one endpoint does not have the necessary protection that it needs, it makes you susceptible to a breach. Hackers are constantly looking for a system’s weakness and using that vulnerability to successfully gain access to it.
Network segmentation is an effective cybersecurity countermeasure that can contain threats. This approach splits a computer’s network into multiple segments or subnets, creating its own space. It controls traffic flow among the different parts, allowing the user to limit or stop traffic from reaching one part to another if necessary. Professionals believe that it is an essential security plan for a business to have since it provides the foundation to control malicious software and actors from entering a network. However, majority of businesses overlook this for their cybersecurity program, believing that it is too complex and inconvenient. Considering the increase of threats these days, it is imperative for companies to have this security measure in their network.
These days, people have been working remotely due to the pandemic. This creates new risks for businesses. Personal devices, home Wi-Fi and online file sharing are usually overlooked when it comes to security, giving hackers the opportunity to enter a database. Segmentation of a network provides extra layers of protection and gives the user the power to limit or stop an attack from reaching another subnet in your network. Cybersecurity companies these days make it accessible for corporations to seamlessly add this level of security to a database. Hysolate, a leading cybersecurity company based in Israel, provides that type of safety that companies need.
Hysolate allows corporation to isolate risky and sensitive activities on a user’s endpoint, providing a local workspace that isolates applications and data. This gives the user the freedom to separate their endpoints into two isolated zones for corporate and non-corporate activities. Given that remote working lifestyle will most likely continue post-pandemic, we need to come up with a comprehensive program that provides the highest level of security while allowing users the freedom and convenience. Hysolate provides an elegant solution that has a strong VM-based solution that is deployed in minutes. Their services are delivered through the cloud, which eliminates data center cost, while running locally. Hysolate provides users hyper-isolated virtual environment that separates our endpoints into two segments, creating barriers in between to protect us and our sensitive data from the damages that can be inflicted on us by hackers.
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