According to Bursa Malaysia-listed Systech Bhd chief executive officer Raymond Tan, (pic) businesses remained cautious at the start of the movement control order (MCO) which started last March. AMID the Covid-19 pandemic, fresh worries about cyber security are piling on even as more and more people go online for work and to do simple everyday things like banking and grocery shopping.
In fact, according to reports this week, Malaysia recently received warnings that government websites would be hacked amid claims that the security systems in the country were loose, and therefore vulnerable to hackers
.In the working world, with a sudden spike in people working remotely and accessing Virtual Private Networks or VPNs from anywhere and at anytime, the risks for external parties to gain access to private information has increased by leaps and bounds.