Zions Bancorporation
West Valley City, Utah

Empower
Greenwood Village, Colorado

Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Austin, Texas

Einstein Healthcare Network
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Colorado Office of the State Auditor
Denver, Colorado

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Chicago, Illinois

Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.

Einstein Healthcare Network
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Racine County
Racine, Wisconsin

BNY Mellon Investment Management
New York, New York

CISOMAG
The unexpected crisis in 2020 impacted almost every business globally. The turmoil resulted in several changes in the traditional business operation models. Even cybercriminals changed their attack vectors with innovative hacking tools and techniques. Threat actors launched creative social engineering scams and phishing attacks by leveraging the fear surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dice
Throughout 2020, as organizations shifted to work-from-home due to COVID-19, finding and stomping out bugs and flaws in enterprise applications took on a new sense of urgency. Company data moved out of corporate networks, making employees and their equipment more vulnerable to attack.

Meanwhile, the rush toward digital transformation continues to drive enterprises to adopt newer technologies, putting more pressure on IT and security teams to make sure these applications are secure and free from major flaws.

CISOMAG
Cybersecurity, the protection of IT infrastructures and communication networks in cyberspace and cyber-physical systems, is becoming increasingly important, covering threat detection and security countermeasures for interconnected digital devices, from computers to Internet of Things (IoT) devices. While components of traditional cybersecurity infrastructures, such as firewalls, malware signature databases, and strong password policies are still crucial, in today’s ever-changing online landscape, they no longer provide sufficient security measures against evolving, previously unknown cyberthreats, particularly when aiming for proactive rather than reactive countermeasures.

Author: CareersinAudit.com
Date Published: 30 October 2020

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