Matt Masters, Network Security Engineer, Cybertek Engineering

Written by Allison Francis
April 6, 2021

“The threat landscape of businesses from post-COVID-19 lockdowns has catapulted the industry into reliance on work-from-home solutions, which consequently has blurred what we define the ‘edge’ of our networks to be.

“Firewall-wise, instead of focusing in on the perimeter security of the traditional office networks, we now need to appreciate and account for all the remote workers, that when connected from home, are bridging their home networks into the corporate networks. And too often firewalls are left in a “half-baked” state in which security provisions are not fully or accurately implemented, which then exponentially creates higher risks for businesses focused on accessibility rather than security.”

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Allison Francis

Allison Francis is a writer, public relations and marketing communications professional with experience working with clients in industries such as business technology, telecommunications, health care, education, the trade show and meetings industry, travel/tourism, hospitality, consumer packaged goods and food/beverage. She specializes in working with B2B technology companies involved in hyperconverged infrastructure, managed IT services, business process outsourcing, cloud management and customer experience technologies. Allison holds a bachelor's degree in public relations and marketing from Drake University. An Iowa native, she resides in Denver, Colorado.