Businesses have significantly accelerated their pace of digital transformation. In Bangladesh, many companies have already embarked on their digital journey. Their adoption of modern infrastructure such as cloud-based infrastructure has increased manifold, particularly in this last one year after the outbreak of the pandemic.
(CHICAGO, Ill.) NEWS: LeadingIT, a Chicagoland cybersecurity and IT support company, today refreshed their previously launched cybersecurity measures to help its clients curb the increasing menace of cyberattacks. The launch comes when internet usage and online networking rose to unprecedented levels following the stay-at-home orders and other COVID-19 containment measures.
Across the nation, many corporate employees lost jobs or went out of office confinements to work from home, the internet has been pretty busy. While the world may not experience a surge in new deaths or infections with the rollout of vaccines, the chaos witnessed online will not stop soon. Predictions are rife with new cybersecurity predictions for 2021 and afterward.
PwC Thailand urges businesses to adjust their cybersecurity strategy and establish more robust security measures as COVID-19 leaves more companies vulnerable to cyber-attacks and data breaches in the next year.
Business leaders and CEOs must invest in key technologies, educate staff on the threat, upskill cyber professionals and test response plans to prevent hackers and cyber criminals from taking advantage of the pandemic season, which has forced many businesses and employees to work remotely.
This year saw a surge in the number of cyber-attacks such as ransomware, data breaches and phishing. This rising trend is likely to continue in 2021, according to Vilaiporn Taweelappontong, Consulting Lead Partner and Financial Services Leader for PwC Thailand.