As 2024 draws to a close, we’re looking back at ground breaking year for Wire and the ever-evolving world of secure communication and collaboration. From innovations like Message Layer Security (MLS) to our strategic investments, it’s been a year of growth, milestones, and setting the stage for an ambitious future. Here’s a recap of what Wire achieved this year to make your work life easier and still as secure as it gets.

Organizations know that the ability to innovate is the key to success. But as your team hashes out everything from product plans to company strategies, the security of that information deserves just as much emphasis. According to a recent Forrester trends report, 22% of enterprise security decision-makers identified improving data security as a priority for the coming year. However, executing those security measures is a different challenge.

What happens when you have an unrelenting push for openness, collaboration, digital experience, and employee empowerment but also want to keep your sensitive data safe from unrelenting predation? Welcome to the tense stand-off called out by speaker after speaker at Gartner Symposium/Xpo 2024 in Barcelona. We had the pleasure of spending a few days attending sessions, meeting with analysts, and networking with others in Barcelona. Here are some of our take-aways.

What if you could know the impact of every big decision before you even make it—it’d take the guesswork out of running a business, right? But the truth is, business is rarely that straightforward. And with security vulnerabilities cropping up constantly, organizations need more than just luck. Risk management software today does the heavy lifting by streamlining risk tracking, ensuring business continuity, and keeping a detailed record of digital vulnerabilities.

‍ Did you know the ITRC reported 2,365 cyberattacks in 2023? Therefore, senior leaders must build strong cyber resilience to fortify data security. That’ll be your ability to swiftly recover, respond, and identify security incidents. PwC notes that only 2% of organizations implement firm-wide cyber resilience. This can be attributed to challenges like lack of awareness, complex IT environments, and resource constraints.

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Another day, another depressing tale of wide-open-by-design collaboration software from tech giants, that leads to easy exploitation by hackers. This time, it’s Microsoft Teams opening the door for phishing attackers to send federated Teams server messages to organizations who didn’t have sufficient paranoia to close the biggest open door ever into their internal communications.

It’s no secret that the need for secure communications is bigger than ever. Online threats are more sophisticated, and getting worse as bad actors leverage tools like generative AI. If you're not worried about how to protect your organization, then you haven’t been paying attention. From sensitive client data to proprietary information, unsecured communication is a large and attractive target.

Enterprise messaging and collaboration tools are central to how work gets done today. In many organizations, message channels and video calls are where the most sensitive business topics are discussed and proprietary data is exchanged. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Slack are popular, IT-supported collaboration platforms for larger organizations. Smaller organizations or independent teams often use Whatsapp or Discord as stand-ins. This type of communication isn’t optional.

No one likes writing documentation, but everyone needs it—especially in government projects. Balancing the fast-paced world of innovation with the formal demands of government documentation is not easy for startups. Let’s explore common challenges on both sides—what organizations face and what government teams expect—and offers best practices on how to tackle them, keeping things agile and manageable.