COVID-19-triggered threat changes will linger beyond crisis, say most security pros

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https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/covid-19-triggered-threat-changes-will-linger-beyond-crisis-say-most-security-pros

By Kat Jercich
Healthcare IT News
June 25, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a wave of cybersecurity threats in a 
variety of industries – and security professionals predict that there will be 
no return to normality.

In advance of its now-virtual USA conference, the security event series Black 
Hat found that 94% of current and former attendees believe that COVID-19 
increases the cyber threat to enterprise systems and data.

"Cybersecurity experts have serious concerns about the huge changes affecting 
IT infrastructure and data security around the world, including US critical 
infrastructure and their own enterprise networks," wrote Black Hat 
representatives in a report this month detailing the results of the Black Hat 
USA Attendee Survey. "They also raise serious concerns about the integrity of 
this fall’s U.S. presidential election.

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