Cyber security Experts Believe COVID-19 Threats Will Linger Beyond Crisis The wave of the pandemic has hit the world to the very core, creating a Tsunami like an impact on almost every industry. Right now, it seems impossible to predict how the world will look after one week or two, let alone the next year. However, amidst all the industries, cybersecurity has taken the hardest blow, and experts predict there will be no return to normality even after things settle back. But is it really that bad? What about CISSP professionals, can’t they handle this blow? Well, we are about to find out through the below blog post.
What statistics reveal about the situation?
In the virtual USA conference, the security event series black hat found that 94% of the current and former attendees believe that COVID-19 has increased the cyber threats to enterprise and data. In a published statement, it was highlighted that “Cybersecurity experts have serious concerns about pandemic affecting the cybersecurity infrastructure and data security across the globe, including US critical infrastructure and enterprise networks.” Experts also claimed that small and medium-sized businesses which lack resources to both defend and recover from the attack are more likely to experience the rise in the cyber-attacks. The small and medium businesses are more like practice targets for malicious hackers that they use to test their potential before gathering their courage to aim the big fish in the sea.
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