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By Aly McDevitt2021-02-17T14:26:00+00:00
A Compliance Week survey, “Cyber-risks and data privacy in the age of COVID,” canvassed 145 cross-industry compliance practitioners and found 75 percent enhanced their cyber-security efforts since the start of the global pandemic in March 2020.
The past year showed many that necessity is the mother of invention: Organizations needed business continuity amid the shuttering of brick-and-mortar operations, so they made it happen remotely. Companies enhanced their cyber-security systems in response to pandemic-prompted work conditions, and flexibility became the name of the game.
But with flexibility comes new vulnerabilities, says Marcus Christian, a partner in Mayer Brown’s cyber-security and data privacy practice group.
Companies forced to pivot to remote work in a global health crisis spent the bulk of 2020 grappling with heightened cyber-security risks. A year later, compliance practitioners say their companies’ cyber-security postures are better for it even in the wake of the stunning SolarWinds hack.