Collaboration Security: A Security Discipline Born from Hybrid Work

Collaboration Security: A Security Discipline Born from Hybrid Work

This IDC Perspective discusses how hybrid work is today's reality, as the old ways of working are dead. This is as "normal" as it is going to get. Collaboration platforms are critical to getting work done, with the real-time innovation of in-person work and the flexibility of location-agnostic work. As the nature of business technology continues to evolve, so too must security practices and technologies. A true modernization of security will require a fundamental re-assessment of risk and risk-mitigating controls. Collaboration/communications tools in particular are in need of optimization and modernized security. "Hybrid work implies that the internet is our primary network connection. Thus the principles of zero trust need to be extended to our collaboration platforms to satisfy new business requirements as much as possible while maintaining an acceptable level of security and integrity." — Chris Rodriguez, research director, Security and Trust at IDC

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