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04/16/2020

Employee Account Takeover in the Age of COVID-19

Security Boulevard

Account takeover for employees, customers, and users has become a real issue since the COVID-19 outbreak. Here is why that is and what organizations can do about it.

Since its discovery in December 2019, the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19, has spread throughout the world and caused significant disruption. This disruption has taken many forms. Of course, the most serious consequence of the pandemic has been the loss of life and the economic impact. Measures such as social distancing and self-isolation are considered necessary. It’s because of this that some authorities and conscientious employers moved to home-working.

The way we work has fundamentally changed, at least for the time being. We are now witnessing remote working at levels never seen in the past. This shift towards home working has allowed many thousands of businesses to continue operating through these unprecedented and uncertain times. However, this shift has also created opportunities for nefarious individuals to exploit companies. Work-from-home threats are a pressing and real concern.

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