Hybrid work has changed the way SaaS companies operate, offering flexibility, increased productivity, and access to a broader talent pool. But with this shift, a dangerous and often overlooked risk has emerged: home networks are now an extension of your corporate attack surface—and they’re under siege.
Consider this:
- The average home network sees 10 cyberattacks every 24 hours.
- 107% increase in IoT attacks over the past year.
- Every 39 seconds, a cyberattack occurs somewhere in the world.
Many businesses have invested in securing their cloud environments and endpoints, yet few adequately address the security vulnerabilities employees introduce when accessing your business systems from remote environments.
The reality is that remote work exposes businesses to unsecured personal devices, poorly protected Wi-Fi networks, and an increased risk of social engineering attacks.
Why SaaS Companies Should Care
For SaaS organizations, security isn’t just a compliance issue—it’s a competitive differentiator. Customers demand resilient, enterprise-grade security regardless of your business size. Any breach can erode trust, drive churn, and trigger costly regulatory fines.
Hybrid work in general and remote customer service teams have unlocked new opportunities; but the expanded remote structure is quietly dismantling traditional security perimeters, leaving companies vulnerable in ways they never anticipated:
- Unsecured IoT Devices & Personal Networks – Smart home devices, unpatched routers, and outdated firmware create easy entry points for attackers.
- Expanding Attack Surfaces – Employees access critical systems from home, co-working spaces, and cafes, making endpoint security a nightmare.
- Increased Insider Threats – Poor security habits, misconfigured remote access, and lack of monitoring create an environment where both malicious and accidental insider threats thrive.
- SaaS Supply Chain Vulnerabilities – Hybrid work makes it harder to ensure third-party vendors and partners maintain secure access to your environment.
Real-World Consequences: The Cost of Ignoring Hybrid Work Security
Companies that fail to address hybrid security risks face data breaches, compliance violations, and operational disruptions. Imagine these scenarios:
- The $4.45 Million Work-From-Home Breach: IBM’s latest report found that breaches involving remote work cost an average of $4.45 million—nearly 20% higher than office-only breaches.
- An IoT Nightmare: A financial services firm saw a data leak traced back to an employee’s unsecured smart thermostat, which attackers exploited to pivot into the company’s network.
- Ransomware at Home, Business at Risk: A global SaaS provider suffered a ransomware attack when a cybercriminal compromised an employee’s personal laptop and used stolen credentials to gain access to the corporate cloud.
How to Secure the Hybrid Workforce: A Modern Approach
Securing a hybrid workforce requires more than just endpoint protection. SaaS companies must shift towards proactive, AI-enabled security strategies that dynamically adapt to evolving threats. Here’s how:
1. Prioritize Risk-Based Vulnerability Management
Not all vulnerabilities pose an equal risk. Rezliant mitigates the chaos by reducing 1000s of software and cloud vulnerabilities down to the 20–30 most likely to be exploited, based on your business and products.
2. Integrate Security Into Developer Workflows
Remote teams often push code from unsecured environments. Rezliant embeds security into your app, API, and cloud infrastructure testing, delivering ready-to-implement security fixes in real-time.
3. Proactively Identify and Eliminate API Weaknesses
Hybrid work increases reliance on cloud-based APIs, which are prime targets for attacks. Rezliant’s ML-driven fuzzers generate unexpected outputs to weed out input-processing vulnerabilities before hackers do.
4. Strengthen Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Enforce zero-trust principles: Always verify users, devices, and apps.
- Mandate phishing-resistant MFA: SMS-based MFA is no longer enough.
- Monitor privileged access: Prevent credential stuffing and unauthorized escalations.
5. Continuous Security Audits and Compliance Tracking
Hybrid work environments evolve constantly. Rezliant ensures ongoing audits so that new technologies, protocols, and updates don’t introduce fresh vulnerabilities.
6. Empower Employees with Real-Time Security Training
Security is a shared responsibility. Rezliant delivers highly relevant, on-demand security training to keep hybrid teams aware of threats without slowing down productivity.
Future-Proof Your Hybrid Work Security
Hybrid work is here to stay. SaaS companies that fail to adapt will continue to face escalating cyber risks, regulatory fines, and reputational damage.
Rezliant helps you stay ahead of the curve by embedding AI-powered security into your workflows, enabling your team to work anywhere—without compromise.
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