2020 has presented some unique IT and security challenges for organizations. The rapid roll out of technologies like Microsoft Teams to quickly support work from home capabilities is a familiar project to many. However, in the rush to provide remote workers with collaboration tools many have cut critical corners – namely providing appropriate security for the business information shared within Teams.
The 2019 Insider Threat Report revealed 39% of respondents identified cloud storage and file sharing apps like Teams as the most vulnerable to insider attacks. Collaboration in apps apps such as Teams pose a threat to information security from accidental sharing and over sharing of sensitive information with employees and third party access, and theft of IP and other business-critical information by malicious users.
Balancing collaboration needs with information security requirements presents a major challenge for business, IT and IS groups responsible for Teams. ...read more!
