TALKING
business
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the challenges posed
and the need to halt
the deadly pandemic,
g into a routine of
his can pose many
ow to maintain focus,
priorities, such as
be productive without
cated office space, not
le to avoid raiding the
in one day.
s to be found for many
what we hope will be a
rangement. What we
on is security.
re seeking to exploit
ion as a vector for
ly, as with other highrs
are using COVID-19
ils, which purport to
tion on the virus, to
malicious links that
ministration Tools
s.
been multiple reported
ID-19 related Android
attackers access to
crypt devices for
ndemic has also led
e than 100,000 new
ns, which should be
, even though not all
Palo Alto Networks is
he latest COVID-19
ng advantage of the
who are working from
d the same security
would be in place in
ent or that enterprises
right technologies or
icies to ensure that
r corporate-managed
t same security
s of whether they’re
rprise network or an
ork.
and individual
al roles and
ring their organisation
yberattacks do not
already disrupted
Ryan Olson, Vice President, Threat
Intelligence (Unit 42) at Palo Alto Networks
“
THERE ARE
COMPROMISES
TO BE FOUND FOR
MANY OF THESE
CHALLENGES
IN WHAT WE
HOPE WILL BE
A RELATIVELY
SHORT-TERM
ARRANGEMENT.
How businesses can respond
In this critical time, business leaders have
a heightened responsibility to set clear
expectations about how their organisations
are managing security risk in the new work
environments, leveraging new policies
and technologies and empowering their
employees. It’s important that messages
on security come from the very top of an
organisation and that good examples
are set from the start. Here are three
recommendations for business leaders.
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