Security News > 2020 > March > Coronavirus: You don’t get a pass when it comes to cybersecurity

As the American Bar Association's Cybersecurity Handbook puts it: "If a client's disaster recovery plans cannot pass the 'Hurricane Sandy test,' such plans might also fail if cyber incidents caused prolonged disruptions."

With the uncertainty of COVID-19, most companies have deployed employee travel restrictions.

If they don't, update them ASAP. Like the way the ABA characterized BCP plans nearly ten years ago, insurers will ask whether your BCP/DR plans now pass the "Coronavirus 2019 test".

Inform your employees: Remind employees that criminals will attempt to take advantage of the chaos created by COVID-19 through fraudulent invoicing, fake donation sites on social media, and likely attempt to collect VPN credentials.

Can you navigate this storm? Can you keep your employees safe and manage the associated cyber risks with travel restrictions and a workforce working from home on-mass? If a data breach occurs during COVID-19, you won't get a pass.

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