COVID-19 impact on organizations' use of VPNs worldwide 2021

Published by
Ahmed Sherif,
Jul 7, 2023
In 2021, 20 percent of respondents state increasing their virtual private network (VPN) capacity by 76%. Conversely, 26 percent of respondents report not having to increase their VPN capacity as a result of COVID-19. The reason for an increase in VPN use capacity due to COVID-19 is because organizations around the world had to send many of their employees into the home office for work to keep them safe. Those that report not increasing their VPN capacity may have had unused VPN capacity prior to the epidemic.

Did you increase your VPN capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Release date

January 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 2021

Number of respondents

357 respondents

Special properties

Cybersecurity professionals*

Supplementary notes

* Respondents hold various job titles: Director (26%), specialist (18%), manager/supervisor (17%), CTO/CIO/CISO/CMO/CFO/COO (16%), vice president (7%), consultant (6%), founder/CEO/president (4%), other (6%).
Respondents represent various company sizes: <2,000 employees (61%), 2,000-5,000 employees (16%), 5,001-20,000 employees (12%), >20,000 employees (11%).
Respondents represent various industries.

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