The security challenge of remote working

Summary

The shift to remote work exposed information security teams to a set of challenges that traditional office-bound security models were never designed to handle, from unsecured home networks to a much larger and harder-to-monitor endpoint surface. A telecom industry information security head and a senior Nokia Asia Pacific and Japan solutions and services leader, brought together by twimbit founder Manoj Menon, examine how organizations are adapting.

Large telecom and technology organizations are rethinking their security posture as employees connect from home networks, personal devices, and unmanaged environments, offering practical lessons enterprises across other industries can draw from the telecom sector's experience managing distributed, security-sensitive infrastructure at scale.

Panelists discuss where the greatest vulnerabilities emerge in a remote-first environment, how security teams are balancing employee flexibility against the need for tighter controls, and what role network and infrastructure providers play in helping enterprises secure a workforce that may never fully return to a centralized office setup. Their perspective is grounded and practitioner-level rather than theoretical, drawing on firsthand experience securing telecom and enterprise networks during a rapid and largely unplanned shift to remote operations.

How should organizations rethink their security architecture for a workforce that may never fully return to the office?