Cybersecurity trends worldwide due to COVID-19 2020

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Alexandra Borgeaud,
Mar 31, 2023
In 2020, some cybersecurity challenges appeared to be simultaneously occurring due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, namely a reduction in security teams, with almost a third of respondents in the security industry answering as such; and also a strong belief that their organization is more likely to experience a data breach given the pandemic, with two-thirds answering as such. The impact of both challenges are forcing these security professionals to face more threats while dealing a reduction of staff and resources.

Worldwide cybersecurity trends as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

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September 2020

Region

Worldwide, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

Survey time period

July 2020

Number of respondents

1,400 respondents

Special properties

security leaders at large companies across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific

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