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businesses being targeted, end users who
download COVID-19 related applications
are also being tricked into downloading
ransomware disguised as legitimate
applications.

With many employees working from
home and students learning virtually,
VPN servers have now become a lifeline
to companies/schools, and their security
and availability will be a major focus going
forward. But at times some users may use Gogol Bose is Mariner, travelled in 5
personal computers to complete offi cial continents and have literally sailed
obligations which could also pose a great the 7 oceans of the world during
amount of risk to establishments. This is his professional stint of 15 years
why operationalizing a round the clock and is now a Vessel Manager with
security team is more critical now than Diamond Anglo Ship Management
ever, otherwise detection of malicious Pte Ltd, based of Singapore. Being an
Engineer, he has deep interest in the

activities will be difficult and responding future of technology and it’s usage
to these activities even more complex. in our daily life. You can directly
interact with him at gogol_bose_10@
While there is a strong encouragement yahoo.co.in for your queries on
to work-from-home, companies need Cyber Security.
to sensitize their employees around
information security outside of the

office space. This is always increasing
the risk of information theft thereby
compromising confi dentiality. According
to a recent survey of IT leaders completed
by CensusWide, 83% of leading large-
scale organizations have transformed their cybersecurity approach. Another 73% of
enterprises around the globe accelerated their cloud migration plans to support the
shift to remote working across their organizations due to the pandemic, 49% have sped
up their IT modernization plans. IT leaders are quickly using the lessons learned from
the pandemic as a crucible to strengthen cloud transformation and IT modernization
strategies. One of every three IT leaders interviewed, 34%, say their budgets have
increased during the pandemic. In large-scale enterprises with over 500 employees,
59% of IT leaders have seen their budgets increase.

Businesses in Singapore have seen a significant increase in cyber security challenges
as more people work from home amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Per revelations from a
CISCO survey, about six in 10 organizations in Singapore said they experienced at least
a 25% increase in cyber threats since the pandemic started, having made the largest shift
to remote working in South Asia. However, less than half said that they were “very

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