At the start of 2020, few people could have envisaged the unprecedented impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had across the globe. The health crisis has affected and, in many cases, dramatically altered practically every industry and sector we’ve come to know, and information security has been no exception.
Overnight, mass remote working strategies became the norm as huge numbers of companies looked to equip their workforces with the means to work from home, inevitably resulting in exposure to various new data security risks. At the same time, cyber-criminals moved in their droves to greaten the stress by exploiting the pandemic with numerous tailored scams and attacks.
The ensuing weeks and months proved testing for organizations large and small, greatly impacting how people work and how data is secured. However, time has passed, and now organizations find themselves faced with a new reality: adapting to a ‘new normal’ in a world forever changed.
In this session, a panel of speakers will reflect upon:
- How and why the pandemic has impacted the information security landscape
- The impact of an increase in remote-working business tools, such as Zoom and VPNs
- How organizations can adapt and flourish in a productive, innovative and secure way going forward
