Many people are feeling hopeful in many areas about receiving their COVID vaccine. A welcome shift from the uncertainty and confusion of the last year. But there are now new challenges to be faced. Among them, the discussion of requiring a vaccine or immunity passport for individuals to take part in activities like international travel, as well as more minor …
Cybersecurity and What’s Not Working from Home
Though 2021 signals positivity, including vaccines for COVID-19, some changes in the workforce due to coronavirus are likely to stick around. Many things are possible from the relative comfort of our own homes, from university lectures to financial consultancy. In the next year, even as we return to some form of immunized normalcy, remote work will likely remain popular. However, …
Digital Home Security: How to stay safe while the world works from home
Working from home used to seem something of a luxury, reserved for those whose work might not rely on customer interaction or face to face meetings. But since April of this year, the number of people working from home has dramatically increased, due to the risks associated with COVID-19. This trend has spanned most major sectors of the industry—education, healthcare, …
Gone Phishing: Coronavirus Scams in Action
A recent survey found that pandemic-related fraud is top of mind for consumers, with 52 percent of respondents saying they’re more worried about being victimized by a scam than normal. Thirty-two percent believe they have already been targeted by some form of attack, and 44 percent have noticed an uptick in calls, texts and emails from unknown numbers and sources. …
Cybersecurity During a Pandemic – And What You Can Do To Keep Employees Safe
As the world struggles to navigate the coronavirus new normal there is one community eager to take advantage of this crisis: hackers. As Enzoic’s COO, Josh Horwitz, put it in a recent article for Electronic Health Reporter, “With scams ranging the gamut from a coronavirus tracker that installs malware onto visitors’ devices to takeover of teleconferencing software to fraudulent company …
Ensuring Security in the Coronavirus Remote Working Era
Working from home has become the new reality for organizations of all industries and sizes as the nation struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic. As companies contemplate an indefinite period of remote work and virtual interactions, it’s essential that they not overlook a critical variable: ensuring online security. Security while remote working adds a whole new layer of complexity. As …
Employee Account Takeover in the Age of COVID-19
Account takeover for employees, customers, and users has become a real issue since the COVID-19 outbreak. Here is why that is and what organizations can do about it. Since its discovery in December 2019, the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19, has spread throughout the world and caused significant disruption. This disruption has taken many forms. Of course, the most serious consequence of …