itSMF Bulletin June 2022 | Page 15

·       80% in March 2020 compared with the 2019 monthly average prior to the pandemic

·       65% in April 2020

·       71% in May  2020 versus pre-pandemic levels

TOP10VPN have continued to update their research. There was a 71% demand increase in December 2021. This was the biggest increase in demand compared to 2019 since March 2020. The demand is trending

upwards. The demand for employee surveillance software was stronger in 2021 on average than in 2020.

Now it is getting scarier.

THE PLOT

As this graph shows, the average monthly demand for employee surveillance software actually intensified over the second year of the pandemic, rather than fading away.

 

Source: https://www.top10vpn.com/research/covid-employee-surveillance/