| | SEPTEMBER 20228CIOReviewIN MY OPINIONThe past year has taught us that even the most rigid businesses can be flexible. A pandemic like Covid-19 can do that to a company. Much of the office staff, IT, engineering and executives all working remotely has shown that efficiencies can take place in a remote working environment. As the pandemic begins to subside and vaccinations increase, companies are evaluating their return to work strategies. A long-term remote strategy is in consideration for many companies.Part of the strategy is the need for office space and dedicated space for servers and storage. Many systems are another year older now; therefore this may be a good time to evaluate moving to the cloud. Rather than investing in new hardware that you may no longer have physical location for due to reduced office space. Times of hardware replacements are the best times to determine strategic shifts. Whether it is for the cloud, virtual desktops, SASE, or even software defined networking may have a reasonable By Marc Ashworth, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Senior VP ­ Chief Information Security Officer, First BankCONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE CLOUD AS PART OF YOUR REMOTE WORK STRATEGY
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