Cybersecurity in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cybersecurity Roles in a Pandemic3

From inception, expectations are usually high on the ability of Cybersecurity to guarantee a safe cyberspace particularly in the face of disruptions due to the pandemic. A pandemic on its own neither stops nor promotes cybercrime activities but can potentially trigger a chain of abnormal events that could lead to elevated waves of cybercrimes. This domino effect scenario played out completely in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic created an opportunity for individuals and organizations to examine their digital assets and become more conscious of the security impacts on their infrastructure.

It was the rise in cybercrime cases that eventually ignited the focus on Cybersecurity interventions, with an emphasis ...