As we head into 2022, we continue to feel the human toll of the global pandemic, but we already know it has been a watershed period in which attitudes and norms have permanently shifted — in our everyday lives  and at work. 

Living through COVID-19 has increased social awareness — as have growing demands for equity for those who are underrepresented. 

Businesses have also changed. For many organizations, the pandemic  has catalyzed digital business initiatives as we adapt to the demands  of employees, customers and other stakeholders, who were forced into new digital options that they have now come to favor. 

B2B purchasers are happy to buy digitally, without a sales representative;  B2C consumers are buying off social media platforms; employees are physically distributed and communicating asynchronously — and IT infrastructures must secure the organization despite this “anytime, anyway, anywhere” way in which we’re operating.