The shift to remote work and the acceleration of the shift to cloud-based infrastructure have profoundly impacted security teams. With the security risks and threats that these changes pose, most organisations have some work to do to improve their security posture, according to the 2021 Thales Data Threat Report – European edition.

This Executive Brief looks at the analysis from 451 Research, based on a survey with more than 2,600 security professionals worldwide. Some key insights include:

· 81% were concerned about security risks with employees working remotely

· 25% had complete knowledge of where their data was stored

· 58% claimed to have experienced a security breach

· 31% have a formal strategy and have actively embraced a Zero Trust policy