Navigating the new infosec frontier in Singapore
By: Alvin Rodrigues, Field Chief Security Officer for Asia Pacific, Infoblox Companies in Singapore have prioritised business continuity and resilience over cybersecurity in digital transformation activities during the last two years. To ensure business continuity during COVID, businesses had to struggle with and quickly adjust to remote work, as well as incorporate bring your own device (BYOD) security policies. Most corporate networks have extended far beyond the borders of the traditional office. Employees accessing sensitive information over their home networks and personal devices created security gaps that cybercriminals have been quick to exploit. Infoblox's State of Security Report 2022 for Singapore revealed that over the last 12 months, 65% of Singaporean organisations faced six or more security incidents that resulted in data breaches – 14% higher than the global average of 21%. Furthermore, organisations here had some of the slowest incident response rates worldwid...