Bolstering Cybersecurity capabilities during Covid-19 and beyond

Bolstering Cybersecurity capabilities during Covid-19 and beyond

While the Covid-19 pandemic hit its peak, businesses across the globe had to make drastic changes to survive. Owing to difficulties in arranging personal meetings and the inability to work with physical documents, most organizations adopted technological innovations and went digital. Not only did the pandemic force most companies to embrace the new digital era, but approximately 70% of the companies rolled out work-from-home (WFH) for their employees. This included increasing network connectivity to allow more people to connect simultaneously, shifting select workloads to the cloud to make access easier and faster, adopting new collaboration and productivity solutions like Zoom and Slack, and deploying devices like laptops along with peripherals. Unfortunately, while companies scrambled to keep their workers productive, there was a significant rise in cybercrime. Even before