Top 5 CyberTech Trends in India in Times of COVID-19 [Infographic]

by | May 14, 2020

Security, Cybersecurity trends

While the world struggles with the impacts of COVID-19, cybercriminals see it as an opportunity. Since February, IBM X-Force has observed a 4,300 percent increase in coronavirus-themed spam. While organizations worry about newly pressing concerns—workforce well-being, shift to remote work, finance availability,  and the resiliency of operations and supply chains—cybersecurity focus is being overshadowed and risks are rising. IBM has identified 5 CyberTech trends that will impact India in times of COVID-19.

The tendency toward ad hoc decision making during crisis only accelerates the opportunity to exfiltrate data or compromise business operations. The potential impacts are more dangerous, too. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, for instance, can be far more damaging in an operational environment that is already strained for capacity than one launched when additional capacity is readily available.

Security leaders from SMBs to large enterprises need to continue their focus on the entire threat lifecycle which constitutes planning and detection, in-the-moment response and remediation –recovery. This will help to prepare for additional unforeseen scenarios.

Prashant Bhatkal, Security Software Leader, IBM India South Asia, says, “As an organization we have been working  with our clients even before the pandemic to build their Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan.  With COVID-19, organizations who were prepared managed to sail through while organizations that were insufficiently prepared in normal times have been caught completely off guard. With threat landscape evolving every day and work from home being the new normal, threat actors are finding newer ways to disrupt businesses. Clients today are looking for CyberTech which can help protect their data, provide end-to-end security across multiple environments, new authentication methods, monitoring services and most importantly re-imagine their risk assessment.”

IBM India has identified 5 CyberTech trends which will help security experts maintain constant vigilance and organizational agility across sectors like Manufacturing, BFSI, Telecom, Government, Healthcare, Auto, Retail etc.

CyberTech Trends in India

Source: IBM India

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Brian Pereira is an Indian journalist and editor based in Mumbai. He founded Digital Creed in 2015. A technology buff, former computer instructor, and software developer, Brian has 30 years of journalism experience (since 1994). Brian is also the former Editor of CHIP India, InformationWeek India and CISO Mag. He has written for India's leading newspapers such as The Times of India and The Indian Express. Presently, he serves the Information Security Media Group, as Sr. Executive Editor. You'll find his most current work on CIO Inc. Brian writes on a wide range of topics like aviation, drones, cybersecurity, tech startups, cloud, data center, AI/ML/Gen AI, IoT, Blockchain etc. He is also a certified security professional - EC-Council and ISC2. Follow Brian on Twitter (@creed_digital) and LinkedIn. Email Brian at: [email protected]
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