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Security watch: The End(point) of it All

In a world of remote work, endpoint security matters more than ever

Ransomware-as-a-service allows bad actors and criminals to collaborate and use AI and machine learning, and the power of the cloud to very easily carry out highly sophisticated attacks. Picture: Getty

A lot has changed in the past few years – we work differently, from different locations – but in many ways the threats have stayed the same. Phishing, device loss, ransomware, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and botnets are far from new, though they’re becoming more sophisticated every year. Now experts are calling for a shift in how we think about cyber security, relying less on complicated layers of protection and more on centralised platforms through ...